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Newgate Street

Newgate Street is a village in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 412. There is around 1 restaurant and café, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Cuffley, 2.1 km away. In June 2026, there were around 3 recorded street crimes, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Newgate Street area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Welwyn Hatfield area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 119,834 residents at roughly 925 people per km².

Council
Welwyn Hatfield
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Police force
Hertfordshire
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 140th of 294 English council areas — better than 52% of them.

Low crime58
Home affordability37
Affordable rents43
Good schools56
Life expectancy50
Low deprivation68
Employment52
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

16°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 59% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:26

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

11 reported · July 2026 15% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Public order2
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Welwyn Hatfield South · Hertfordshire

Local policing priorities

  • During our last survey people asked us to focus on the following: Anti-social behaviour including nuisance vehicles and drug use in Overf…
  • During our last survey people asked us to focus on the following: Anti-social behaviour using vehicles and off road bikes in Welham Green.

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

Road safety

172 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 248 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

47 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 37 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cuffley (2.1 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Cuffley (2.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£450,696 average 5.8% YoY

Across Welwyn Hatfield · to 2026-06

Detached£952,108
Semi-detached£533,527
Terraced£408,986
Flat£248,002

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,509 average monthly rent 3.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,061
  • 2 bed £1,373
  • 3 bed £1,643

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

Affordability

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · ESSO (8.5 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

38 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Valley View Car Park 1 (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools32
  • Sports pitches21
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

119,834 residents in Welwyn Hatfield · 925/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 66%
  • 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 215 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,452 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 50,550)

A £1,635
B £1,907
C £2,180
D £2,452
E £2,997
F £3,542
G £4,087
H £4,905

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

Schools

54 schools · 17,978 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Onslow St Audrey's SchoolGood
  • Stanborough SchoolGood
  • Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
  • Chancellor's School
  • Monk's Walk School
  • Ridgeway Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Welwyn Hatfield

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
  • 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

144 applications decided

84% granted · 121 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Oliver Dowden

Conservative

Hertsmere

Recent votes:

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

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 16
  • Con 12
  • LD 15
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised

e.g. 2 x Labourers Site Set Up

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£864 median full-time weekly pay

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

£28,179 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

58% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 56,499 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 58% · Nuclear 17% · Gas 15% · Biomass 9%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertsmere:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Newgate Street, Hertfordshire · 0.1 km

    Newgate Street is a village near Cuffley, in Hatfield civil parish, in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire, England. It is approximately six miles south-west of Hertford and has a population of 400. At the 2…

  • Tolmers Park · 0.2 km

    Tolmers Park is a manor house in Newgate Street Village near Hatfield in Hertfordshire, England.

  • Cuffley · 1.8 km

    Cuffley is a village in the civil parish of Northaw and Cuffley, in the Welwyn Hatfield district of south-east Hertfordshire located between Cheshunt and Potters Bar. It has a population of just over 4,000 people. It…

  • Cuffley railway station · 2.1 km

    Cuffley railway station serves the village of Cuffley in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire. It also serves other nearby settlements, namely Goffs Oak, Northaw and the west of Cheshunt. It is 13 miles 17 ch…

  • Northaw Great Wood · 2.3 km

    Northaw Great Wood is a 223.6-hectare (553-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near Cuffley in Hertfordshire, England. It covers Northaw Great Wood Country Park, which is managed by Welwyn Hatf…

  • Northaw and Cuffley · 2.5 km

    Northaw and Cuffley is a civil parish in the Welwyn Hatfield borough of Hertfordshire, England. Located approximately 13.5 miles (21.7 km) north of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is a p…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Newgate Street?
Newgate Street is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Welwyn Hatfield local authority.
What is the population of Newgate Street?
Newgate Street has an approximate settlement population of 412.
How deprived is Newgate Street?
The Welwyn Hatfield local authority, which includes Newgate Street, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.