Hatfield

14°CClear

• Today: 18° / 10° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:31

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

392 reported · July 2026▲ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences137
• Anti-social behaviour81
• Public order33
• Shoplifting32

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Welwyn Hatfield West · Hertfordshire

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

200 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 287 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

237 food businesses within 2 miles

• 189 rated 4–5 ★ (156 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£651,448 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across St Albans · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,931 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,271
• 2 bed £1,632
• 3 bed £2,018

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Morrisons (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (0.2 km)

10 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 306 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

79 schools · 34,051 pupils

50 primary · 12 secondary · 17 other

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

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

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

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

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

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

333 applications decided

85.9% granted · 286 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

9,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

751 jobs advertised · £44,195 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician, Mobile Mechanic, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 32% · Solar 25% · Gas 20% · Nuclear 18%

85 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Welwyn Hatfield:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s419 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership378 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test361 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office306 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership215 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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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)