Potters Bar

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• Today: 11° / 6° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:26

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

165 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences60
• Anti-social behaviour32
• Other theft26
• Shoplifting12

4 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Potters Bar and Shenley · Hertfordshire

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

223 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 317 casualties · 20.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

185 food businesses within 2 miles

• 155 rated 4–5 ★ (127 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Potters Bar (1.1 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£553,008 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Hertsmere · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,829 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,258
• 2 bed £1,604
• 3 bed £1,941

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 (12.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,090 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: 139.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (10.2 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

81 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Potters Bar (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms5
• Swimming pools21
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

107,827 residents in Hertsmere · 1,066/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,918
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,715
• Net moves+203

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 214 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (33% of 45,920)

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

58 schools · 22,822 pupils

31 primary · 8 secondary · 19 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hertsmere

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

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

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

217 applications decided

84.3% granted · 183 granted, 34 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Oliver Dowden

Conservative

Hertsmere

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 12
• Con 15
• LD 7
• Ref 2
• Oth 3

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens196
• Restaurants & cafés60

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,480 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

372 jobs advertised · £45,271 avg

e.g. Centre Manager - Just Tyres Potters Bar, Ward Manager, Specialist Occupational Therapist

Source: Adzuna

£882 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,877 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: D · 45,217 certificates

8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 20% · Biomass 11%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday6.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

10 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in EN6

• Parkfield Medical Centre
• Highview Medical Centre
• Cuffley And Goffs Oak Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertsmere:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities1,185 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules462 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth160 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities154 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide

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

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  The White Horse, Potters Bar · 0.0 km

  The White Horse, now known as The Cask and Stillage, is a public house in High Street, Potters Bar, England, and a grade II listed building with Historic England.

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  Ladbrooke School · 0.1 km

  Ladbrooke School is a former school in High Street, Potters Bar, England, and a grade II listed building with Historic England.

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  The Lion, Potters Bar · 0.2 km

  The Lion is a former public house on the corner of Barnet Road and Southgate Road in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England, and a grade II listed building with Historic England. It became Potty Pancakes some time after…

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  St. Mary's Church, Potters Bar · 0.2 km

  St. Mary's Church is a Church of England church in The Walk, Potters Bar, England. It is in the Diocese of St. Albans. Services are in the Catholic tradition of the Church of England.

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  Potters Bar War Memorial · 0.3 km

  Potters Bar war memorial is located in St John's Churchyard in High Street, Potters Bar, England. The memorial was designed by the Arts and Crafts architect and designer C.F.A. Voysey and originally stood at the junct…

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  Potters Bar Town F.C. · 0.3 km

  Potters Bar Town Football Club is an English football club based in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England. They were formed in 1960 as Mount Grace Old Scholars, and, after dropping 'Old Scholars' from the name in 1984,…

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