Hertford

17°COvercast

• Today: 25° / 16° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:19

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

170 reported · July 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences51
• Anti-social behaviour42
• Shoplifting26
• Public order10

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hertford · Hertfordshire

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

191 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 12.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

231 food businesses within 2 miles

• 184 rated 4–5 ★ (162 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hertford East (0.8 km)
• 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£460,778 average▲ 4% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,519 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,076
• 2 bed £1,370
• 3 bed £1,657

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (10.8 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Hertford Registry Office (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools21
• Sports pitches65
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,155 residents in East Hertfordshire · 316/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 307 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

91 schools · 33,200 pupils

62 primary · 13 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 32 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

81inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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

• In a conservation area (Hertford)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 294 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

293 applications decided

88.7% granted · 260 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Josh Dean

Labour

Hertford and Stortford

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 5
• Con 14
• LD 10
• Grn 16
• Ref 2
• Oth 3

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés57

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

873 jobs advertised · £41,000 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician - Stevenage, Mobile Vehicle Technician - Harlow, Mobile Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Nuclear 21% · Wind 17% · Biomass 9%

203 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertford and Stortford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership433 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s432 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test427 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office333 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership319 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  The White Horse, Hertford · 0.1 km

  The White Horse is a public house on the south side of Castle Street, Hertford, England.

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  Richard Hale School · 0.1 km

  Richard Hale School is an 11–18 boys' comprehensive school located in Hertford in the south east of England. In the 2014–2015 academic year, the school had over 1,000 pupils including students attending the sixth form…

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  Hertford Rural District · 0.2 km

  Hertford Rural District was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It covered the rural area around the county town of Hertford, but did not include the town itself.

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  Bailey Hall, Hertford · 0.2 km

  Bayley Hall is a Grade II* listed building located on Queens Road in Hertford, Hertfordshire. Constructed primarily around 1770, it is regarded as one of the finest examples of early 18th-century domestic architecture…

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  Hertford Castle · 0.2 km

  Hertford Castle is a Norman era castle built beside the River Lea in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England. Most of the internal buildings of the structure have been demolished.

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  All Saints' Church, Hertford · 0.3 km

  All Saints' Church is in Queens Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Hertford and Ware, the archdeaconry of Hertford, and the diocese of St Albans. It is the…

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