Hogpits Bottom

8°CClear

• Today: 11° / 6° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:29

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Other theft1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Kings Langley and Hemel Hempstead South East · Hertfordshire

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

161 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 207 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 47 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chalfont & Latimer (4.3 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£450,935 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Dacorum · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,594 average monthly rent▲ 1.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,098
• 2 bed £1,378
• 3 bed £1,655

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

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

1,890 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: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (10 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Chalfont & Latimer - LU Car Park (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,184
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,963
• Net moves+221

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 211 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dacorum

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 42 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

308 applications decided

84.4% granted · 260 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

75% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Gas 24% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 10%

104 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in HP3

• Lincoln House Surgery
• Bennetts End Surgery
• Archway Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hemel Hempstead:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth229 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND228 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases171 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks132 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK132 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Flaunden · 0.4 km

  Flaunden is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Buckinghamshire, on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. Old Flaunden was on the banks of the River Chess, but owing to constant fl…

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  The Green Dragon, Flaunden · 0.6 km

  The Green Dragon is a Grade II listed public house in Flaunden, Hertfordshire, England. The rear wing, a timber-framed structure, is the oldest part of the building and dates from the early 17th century.

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  RAF Chenies · 1.4 km

  RAF Chenies is a former Royal Air Force radar intercept station located 1.4 miles (2.3 km) North of the village of Chenies in Buckinghamshire, built in the 1930s and originally used by RAF Bomber Command during the Se…

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  Belsize, Hertfordshire · 2.0 km

  Belsize is a hamlet in Sarratt civil parish, Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, England, situated less than a mile from Chipperfield and Sarratt.

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  Ley Hill · 2.3 km

  Ley Hill is a Chiltern village on the Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire border in south-east England, near the town of Chesham. It is part of the civil parish of Latimer and Ley Hill, and comes under Chiltern District Cou…

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  Latimer and Ley Hill · 2.3 km

  Latimer and Ley Hill, formerly just Latimer, is a civil parish under Buckinghamshire Council, in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. The parish includes Latimer, Ley Hill and Tyler's Hill. As of 2020, i…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)