Potters Bar

18°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:22

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

188 reported · July 2026▲ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences65
• Anti-social behaviour38
• Vehicle crime24
• Other theft14

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Potters Bar and Shenley · Hertfordshire

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

249 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 349 casualties · 23.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

184 food businesses within 2 miles

• 154 rated 4–5 ★ (124 top)
• 6 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

£560,436 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Hertsmere · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,817 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,250
• 2 bed £1,594
• 3 bed £1,928

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (10.2 km)

29 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

80 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 224 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

60 schools · 22,840 pupils

31 primary · 8 secondary · 21 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hertsmere

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
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

147 applications decided

93.9% granted · 138 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

8,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

529 jobs advertised · £44,340 avg

e.g. Nursery Manager, Nursery Practitioner Level 3, Drive with Uber

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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 30% · Gas 11% · Biomass 0%

42 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertsmere:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities1,183 local signatures · 11,464 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need445 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s358 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office354 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership341 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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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 a Grade II listed war memorial situated in the churchyard of St John the Baptist Church, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England. It commemorates the servicemen from Potters Bar who died during…

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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,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)