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Letty Green

Letty Green is a village in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 316. There are 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Hertford North, 3.6 km away. There were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Possession of weapons. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Letty Green area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Hertfordshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 150,155 residents at roughly 316 people per km².

Council
East Hertfordshire
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 26th of 294 English council areas — better than 91% of them.

Low crime94
Home affordability23
Affordable rents24
Good schools65
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation97
Employment92
Low council tax46

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 81% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:24

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

8 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: East Herts Rural · Hertfordshire

Local policing priorities

  • We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority.
  • The new priorities for May to August are cracking down on anti-social behaviour in Buntingford town centre and to tackle fly-tipping acro…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

41 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 35 rated 4–5 ★ (29 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hertford North (3.6 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hertford North (3.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£460,778 average 4% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£891,577
Semi-detached£530,307
Terraced£417,636
Flat£252,893

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (6.6 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

60 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Russett House, Welwyn Garden City 5 (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools22
  • Sports pitches13
  • Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

150,155 residents in East Hertfordshire · 316/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,637
B £1,909
C £2,182
D £2,455
E £3,000
F £3,546
G £4,091
H £4,910

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Presdales SchoolOutstanding
  • The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeOutstanding
  • Hockerill Anglo-European CollegeGood
  • LeventhorpeGood
  • Richard Hale SchoolGood
  • Avanti Grange Secondary School
  • Birchwood High School
  • Freman College
  • St Mary's Catholic School
  • The Bishop's Stortford High School
  • The Chauncy School
  • The Sele School
  • TLC Live Online School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

293 applications decided

88.7% granted · 260 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Chris Hinchliff

Labour

North East Hertfordshire

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Italian Tutor - Part Time, Become a Italian Tutor in Letty Green – Flexible & Remote, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Letty Green – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

91% low-carbon electricity

Wind 61% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 9% · Biomass 2%

39 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Hertfordshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St John's Church, Letty Green · 0.1 km

    St John's Church, Letty Green, is a deconsecrated Gothic Revival church in Letty Green, Hertfordshire, England.

  • Letty Green · 0.2 km

    Letty Green is a village in the parish of Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, England.

  • Cole Green railway station · 0.4 km

    Cole Green railway station was a station at Cole Green, Hertfordshire, England, on the Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway. It was a passenger station from 1858 until 18 June 1951, also serving the hamlet of Letty Gr…

  • Woolmers Park · 0.5 km

    Woolmers Park is a Grade II* listed country house in the civil parish of Hertingfordbury, in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It was the residence of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Ea…

  • Cole Green, Hertfordshire · 0.9 km

    Cole Green is a hamlet in Hertfordshire, England. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of Welwyn Garden City just off the A414. It is in the Hertingfordbury Ward of East Herts District Council. Residents of note include S…

  • Pishiobury · 2.2 km

    Pishiobury, sometimes spelled Pishobury, was a manor and estate in medieval Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. Its denomination as "Pishiobury" only emerged in the mid to late 19th century.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Letty Green?
Letty Green is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the East Hertfordshire local authority.
What is the population of Letty Green?
Letty Green has an approximate settlement population of 316.
How deprived is Letty Green?
The East Hertfordshire local authority, which includes Letty Green, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.