Hemel Hempstead

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 17° · 81% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:23

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

454 reported · July 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour129
• Violence & sexual offences122
• Other theft46
• Shoplifting40

8 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hemel Hempstead East · Hertfordshire

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

160 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 402 rated 4–5 ★ (324 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Apsley (2.5 km)
• 52 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£459,438 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Dacorum · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,583 average monthly rent▲ 0.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,091
• 2 bed £1,368
• 3 bed £1,643

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

11.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.9 times median annual pay (12.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (9.2 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

42 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Lidl (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

155,081 residents in Dacorum · 730/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 240 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,409 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 67,930)

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

80 schools · 28,467 pupils

55 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 20 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dacorum

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
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

258 applications decided

85.3% granted · 220 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

David Taylor

Labour

Hemel Hempstead

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 18
• LD 19
• Oth 10

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens27
• Restaurants & cafés37

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,143 jobs advertised · £41,037 avg

e.g. Nursery Practitioner Level 2, Open Driver Account With Uber - Drive And Earn When And Where You Want, Driving For Cash? Sign Up To Drive With Uber And Earn Flexibly Instead

Source: Adzuna

£889 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,901 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 76,523 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 34% · Nuclear 33% · Solar 11% · Wind 10%

147 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hemel Hempstead:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office355 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test323 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s304 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership301 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth227 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Adeyfield Academy · 0.1 km

  The Adeyfield Academy is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Adeyfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. It is part of the Atlas Multi Academy Trust.

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  Adeyfield · 0.3 km

  Adeyfield was the first planned neighbourhood to be built in the postwar new town expansion of Hemel Hempstead, in the English county of Hertfordshire. The keys to the first houses to be occupied, in Homefield Road, w…

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  Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. · 0.4 km

  Hemel Hempstead Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Hertfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the…

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  Hemel Hempsted railway station · 1.2 km

  Hemel Hempsted station was a railway station in the town of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, England. UK. It was opened in 1877 by the Midland Railway and was originally the terminus of the Nickey Line, a now-defunct…

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  Leverstock Green · 1.2 km

  Leverstock Green is a village in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is located between Hemel Hempstead and St Albans

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  Bennetts End · 1.3 km

  Bennetts End is a neighbourhood within Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the southeast of the town and consists almost entirely of public housing built as part of the new town in the 1950s. I…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)