My Area UK

Dane End

Dane End is a settlement in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 3,000. It has 6 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Watton-at-Stone, 4.3 km away. There were around 7 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Dane End area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Hertfordshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 150,155 residents at roughly 316 people per km².

Council
East Hertfordshire
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 27th of 294 English council areas — better than 91% of them.

Low crime94
Home affordability23
Affordable rents24
Good schools64
Life expectancy79
Low deprivation93
Employment94
Low council tax46

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

8°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:25

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

6 reported · August 2026▲ 20% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Burglary1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: East Herts Rural · Hertfordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Thank you to everyone who completed our latest local policing priorities survey. Following an analysis of public feedback, our priority f…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

157 reported road collisions (2025)

33 killed or seriously injured · 227 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

6 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 6 rated 4–5 ★ (5 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Watton-at-Stone (4.7 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Watton-At-Stone (4.7 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£455,973 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-08

Detached£878,608
Semi-detached£525,827
Terraced£415,302
Flat£249,320

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,533 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,086
  • 2 bed £1,382
  • 3 bed £1,673

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,114 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (8.2 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Fanhams Hall Hotel (7.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches14
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

150,155 residents in East Hertfordshire · 316/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,636
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,501
  • Net moves+1,135

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 276 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 68,050)

A £1,637
B £1,909
C £2,182
D £2,455
E £3,000
F £3,546
G £4,091
H £4,910

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

90 schools · 33,136 pupils

61 primary · 13 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 31 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

80 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Presdales SchoolOutstanding
  • The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeOutstanding
  • Hockerill Anglo-European CollegeGood
  • LeventhorpeGood
  • Richard Hale SchoolGood
  • Avanti Grange Secondary School
  • Birchwood High School
  • Freman College
  • St Mary's Catholic School
  • The Bishop's Stortford High School
  • The Chauncy School
  • The Sele School
  • TLC Live Online School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Hertfordshire

Care & health services

1,176 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes257
  • GP practices171
  • Dentists296
  • Homecare agencies330
  • Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

282 applications decided

85.1% granted · 240 granted, 42 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 5
  • Con 14
  • LD 10
  • Grn 15
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£961 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,888 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,645 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SG12

  • Dolphin House Surgery
  • New River Health

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Hertfordshire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Little Munden Primary School · 0.1 km

    Little Munden Primary School is a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in the village of Dane End, near Ware in Hertfordshire. It is a one-form entry school educating boys and girls aged between four…

  • Little Munden · 0.1 km

    Little Munden is a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 5 miles (8 km) north of Ware, its post town. The main village in the parish is Dane End. The small namesake settlem…

  • Dane End · 0.6 km

    Dane End is a hamlet to the north of Ware in Hertfordshire, England situated between the A602 and A10. It is within Little Munden civil parish and East Hertfordshire District Council. It has a population of around 700…

  • Whempstead · 2.1 km

    Whempstead is a hamlet in the parish of Watton-at-Stone, situated north of Hertford and to the south-east of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, it is close to the villages of Benington and Dane End. The hamlet consists of ap…

  • Sacombe Green · 2.4 km

    Sacombe Green is a hamlet located to the east of the village of Sacombe, in the civil parish of Sacombe, in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England.

  • Sacombe · 2.5 km

    Sacombe is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies is located about 4 miles (6 km) north-north-west of Ware, its post town. As well as the small village of Saco…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Dane End?
Dane End is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the East Hertfordshire local authority.
How deprived is Dane End?
The East Hertfordshire local authority, which includes Dane End, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.