Knebworth

21°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 12° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 56m 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

68 reported · July 2026▲ 31% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour25
• Violence & sexual offences21
• Public order7
• Shoplifting7

Neighbourhood team: Hitchin Rural · Hertfordshire

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

200 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 281 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

138 food businesses within 2 miles

• 116 rated 4–5 ★ (106 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Knebworth (0.1 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£422,616 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across North Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,429 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,020
• 2 bed £1,279
• 3 bed £1,569

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

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (3.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Longmead Car Park 1 (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches27
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

133,210 residents in North Hertfordshire · 355/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 269 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,449 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 60,040)

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

69 schools · 19,871 pupils

53 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North 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

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

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

255 applications decided

88.6% granted · 226 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Kevin Bonavia

Labour

Stevenage

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 23
• Con 7
• LD 20
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,995 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

59 jobs advertised · £34,003 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£983 median full-time weekly pay

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

£31,048 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 66,549 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Solar 28% · Nuclear 16% · Gas 8%

33 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stevenage:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership405 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test386 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s318 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office293 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth244 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Knebworth railway station · 0.1 km

  Knebworth railway station serves the village of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is 25 miles 3 chains from London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line. Train services are currently provided by Great Northern.

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  Knebworth · 0.2 km

  Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whi…

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  St Martin's Church, Knebworth · 0.4 km

  St Martin's Church is an active Anglican church in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England. The building, which is designated grade II*, was designed by Edwin Lutyens in an Italianate style. It is constructed in brick.

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  Homewood, Knebworth · 1.1 km

  Homewood is an Arts and Crafts style country house in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England. Designed and built by architect Edwin Lutyens around 1900–3, using a mixture of vernacular and Neo-Georgian architecture, it is…

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  Woolmer Green · 1.6 km

  Woolmer Green is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The 2011 census figure for the population is 661 people.

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  BOB fm (Hertfordshire) · 1.8 km

  BOB fm was an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to north Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Programming originated from studios at the Old Pump House in Knebworth Park. Launched as Hertbeat FM in 2001, it…

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