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Enfield

Enfield is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 45,000. It has two GP surgeries, one supermarket, and five restaurants and cafés, along with 26 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Waltham Cross, 0.4 km away, the average sold house price is around £462,818, and there were around 412 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 Enfield area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Broxbourne area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 99,007 residents at roughly 1,925 people per km².

Council
Broxbourne
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Broxbourne
Police force
Hertfordshire
45/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 183rd of 294 English council areas — better than 38% of them.

Low crime62
Home affordability21
Affordable rents13
Good schools19
Life expectancy62
Low deprivation48
Employment45
Low council tax79

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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 81% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

386 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences112
  • Anti-social behaviour92
  • Shoplifting37
  • Vehicle crime34

13 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Town · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • To reduce ASB in and around Palace gardens and the car parks.
  • To reduce incidents of theft in priority store locations.

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

Road safety

144 reported road collisions (2024)

17 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 386 rated 4–5 ★ (282 top)
  • 41 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Enfield Town (0.4 km)
  • 65 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Enfield Town (0.4 km):

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Live buses at Enfield Town / Church Street:

  • N29Trafalgar Square · 1 min
  • 329Turnpike Lane, Station · 6 min
  • 329Turnpike Lane, Station · 17 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£406,678 average 0.4% YoY

Across Broxbourne · to 2026-06

Detached£891,193
Semi-detached£520,158
Terraced£403,700
Flat£220,130

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,687 average monthly rent 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,133
  • 2 bed £1,453
  • 3 bed £1,782

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

10.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (11.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (5.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

44 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Palace Gardens Shop Centre (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres7
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches93
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

99,007 residents in Broxbourne · 1,925/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 153 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,306 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (34% of 42,330)

A £1,538
B £1,794
C £2,050
D £2,306
E £2,819
F £3,332
G £3,844
H £4,613

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

Schools

42 schools · 16,278 pupils

30 primary · 7 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

42inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The Broxbourne SchoolOutstanding
  • Goffs - Churchgate AcademyGood
  • Haileybury TurnfordGood
  • Robert Barclay AcademyGood
  • St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)Good
  • The John Warner SchoolInadequate
  • Goffs Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broxbourne

Care & health services

1,172 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes257
  • GP practices170
  • Dentists295
  • Homecare agencies329
  • Hospitals & hospices34

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (ENFIELD TOWN)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 73 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

112 applications decided

90.2% granted · 101 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Feryal Clark

Labour

Enfield North

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 3
  • Con 25
  • Ref 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools19
  • GPs & clinics8
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets8
  • Parks & greens24
  • Restaurants & cafés75

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,724 jobs advertised · £42,941 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician, Science Teaching Assistant, Commercial Tyre Technician - Mobile

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£901 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,495 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: C · 42,407 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

91% low-carbon electricity

Wind 61% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 9% · Biomass 2%

39 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Enfield North:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Burleigh House, Enfield · 0.1 km

    Burleigh House was a house in Enfield, near London, that was built in the mid-17th century for the lawyer James Mayoe. It was constructed on the grounds of a house once owned by the merchant Benjamin Deicrowe Jr. that…

  • Enfield Grammar School · 0.1 km

    Enfield Grammar School is a boys' comprehensive school and sixth form with academy status in Enfield Town in the London Borough of Enfield in North London. The school was founded in 1558 and inherited part of a charit…

  • Barclays Bank, Enfield · 0.2 km

    Barclays Bank, at 20 The Town, Enfield, formerly the London and Provincial Bank, is a Grade II listed building in the London Borough of Enfield. It was designed by William Gillbee Scott in a Flemish Renaissance style…

  • Old Vestry Office, Enfield · 0.2 km

    The Old Vestry Office is a grade II listed building at 22 The Town, Enfield, London.

  • Trinity Church, Enfield · 0.2 km

    Trinity Church, Enfield is located at Church Street, Enfield, London. The church was formed in 1983 by the union of Enfield Methodist Church and St Paul's United Reformed Church.

  • St Andrew's Enfield · 0.2 km

    St Andrew's Enfield is a Church of England church in Enfield, London, and the original parish church of Enfield. It is a grade II* listed building with Historic England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Enfield?
Enfield is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Broxbourne local authority.
How deprived is Enfield?
The Broxbourne local authority, which includes Enfield, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.