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Potten End

Potten End is a village in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 3,500. The area has 2 bus stops, around 2 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is Berkhamsted, 2.6 km away. In June 2026, there were around 3 recorded street crimes, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Potten End area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Dacorum area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 155,081 residents at roughly 730 people per km².

Council
Dacorum
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hemel Hempstead
Police force
Hertfordshire
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My Area Score

Good

Ranked 150th of 294 English council areas — better than 49% of them.

Low crime72
Home affordability12
Affordable rents14
Good schools31
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation76
Employment52
Low council tax58

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

23°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 25° / 16° · 53% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:21

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 75% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Berkhamsted and Tring · Hertfordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Thank you to everyone who completed our latest local policing priorities survey. Following an analysis of public feedback, our priority f…

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

Road safety

160 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

169 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 147 rated 4–5 ★ (120 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Berkhamsted (2.6 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Berkhamsted (2.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£459,438 average 1.8% YoY

Across Dacorum · to 2026-06

Detached£931,786
Semi-detached£554,384
Terraced£425,299
Flat£264,943

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,583 average monthly rent 0.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,091
  • 2 bed £1,368
  • 3 bed £1,643

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (2.8 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

28 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 400 kW
  • Nearest: Saba UK (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools10
  • Sports pitches25
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

155,081 residents in Dacorum · 730/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 240 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,409 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 67,930)

A £1,606
B £1,873
C £2,141
D £2,409
E £2,944
F £3,479
G £4,014
H £4,817

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

Schools

80 schools · 28,467 pupils

55 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 20 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Ashlyns SchoolGood
  • Laureate AcademyGood
  • The Adeyfield AcademyGood
  • The Astley Cooper SchoolGood
  • The Hemel Hempstead SchoolGood
  • John F Kennedy Catholic School
  • Kings Langley School
  • Longdean School
  • Tring School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dacorum

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
  • 31 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

258 applications decided

85.3% granted · 220 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat

Harpenden and Berkhamsted

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 4
  • Con 18
  • LD 19
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

12 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Piano Tutor in Potten End – Flexible & Remote, Online History Tutor - Part Time, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Potten End – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Nuclear 20% · Wind 16% · Biomass 8%

191 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harpenden and Berkhamsted:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Nettleden with Potten End · 0.1 km

    Nettleden with Potten End is a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, covering the villages of Potten End and Nettleden and the surrounding rural area.

  • Potten End · 0.3 km

    Potten End is a village in west Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, two miles (3.2 km) east-north-east of Berkhamsted, three miles (4.8 km) north west of Hemel Hempstead and two miles south ea…

  • Danais (hundred) · 0.6 km

    Danais Hundred was a judicial and taxation subdivision of Hertfordshire, in the west of the county, that existed from the 10th to the 19th century. It gave its name to the modern local government district of Dacorum…

  • Dacorum · 0.6 km

    Dacorum is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England. The council is based in Hemel Hempstead. The borough also includes the towns of Berkhamsted and Tring and surrounding villages. The…

  • Little Heath, near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire · 0.7 km

    Little Heath is a partly wooded area with scattered housing, just south of the village of Potten End, Hertfordshire, England.

  • Little Heath Pit · 0.7 km

    Little Heath Pit is a 0.3-hectare (0.74-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Little Heath near Potten End in Hertfordshire. It is part of the Ashridge Estate, owned by the National Trust, and the lo…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Potten End?
Potten End is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Dacorum local authority.
How deprived is Potten End?
The Dacorum local authority, which includes Potten End, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.