Hatfield

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:28

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

370 reported · August 2026▲ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences116
• Anti-social behaviour86
• Criminal damage & arson32
• Shoplifting28

19 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Welwyn Hatfield West · Hertfordshire

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

230 reported road collisions (2025)

47 killed or seriously injured · 326 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

240 food businesses within 2 miles

• 190 rated 4–5 ★ (157 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hatfield (0.6 km)
• 50 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£655,974 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across St Albans · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,931 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,271
• 2 bed £1,633
• 3 bed £2,019

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

15.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 15.0 times median annual pay (13.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,801 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

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (0.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (0.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

72 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Kennelwood Lane Car Park 5 (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches46
• Playgrounds29

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

148,165 residents in St Albans · 919/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,315
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,391
• Net moves−76

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 288 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,419 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (26% of 63,450)

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

80 schools · 34,051 pupils

50 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 29 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · St Albans

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

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

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

299 applications decided

84.3% granted · 252 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andrew Lewin

Labour

Welwyn Hatfield

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 2
• Con 5
• LD 43
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens45
• Restaurants & cafés73

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

483 jobs advertised · £43,050 avg

e.g. HGV Class 1 Driver - Hatfield, Transport Shift Manager - Nights, Senior Sales Negotiator

Source: Adzuna

£1,135 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£40,492 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,877 certificates

7.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

61% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 9%

159 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in AL10

• Wrafton House Surgery
• Lister House Surgery
• Burvill House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Welwyn Hatfield:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules251 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND245 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks221 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth193 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills150 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Hatfield, Hertfordshire · 0.1 km

  Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It had a population of 29,616 in 2001, 39,201 at the 2011 census, and 41,265 at the 2021 census. The settlement is of S…

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  Hatfield Rural District · 0.4 km

  Hatfield Rural District was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England, from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the south of the county.

• Onslow St Audrey's School · 0.4 km

  Onslow St Audrey's School is a co-educational secondary school and Sixth form situated in Hatfield, Hertfordshire in England. It caters for pupils aged 11 to 18.

• Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School · 0.5 km

  Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School is a girls' secondary academy school for years 7 to sixth form. It is located in Hatfield, Hertfordshire in Wood's Avenue and was founded in 1960 as a girls' grammar school. The headtea…

• Lemsford Road Halt railway station · 0.5 km

  Lemsford Road Halt was a railway station on the St Albans Branch of the Great Northern Railway. The platform is still visible next to the line of the old track, which has been converted to a cycle route and footpath,…

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  Hatfield railway station · 0.6 km

  Hatfield railway station serves the town of Hatfield in Hertfordshire, England. The station is managed by Great Northern. It is 17 miles 54 chains (28.4 km) measured from London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)