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Radlett

Radlett is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 8,163. Local facilities include two GP surgeries, one pharmacy, and 19 restaurants and cafés, with 22 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Radlett, 0.3 km away. The average sold house price is around £1,003,530, and there were around 48 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Radlett area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hertsmere area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 107,827 residents at roughly 1,066 people per km².

Council
Hertsmere
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertsmere
Police force
Hertfordshire
53/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 134th of 294 English council areas — better than 54% of them.

Low crime59
Home affordability12
Affordable rents16
Good schools55
Life expectancy86
Low deprivation72
Employment38
Low council tax59

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

8°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 33% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:32

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

50 reported · August 2026▲ 52% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour19
  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Vehicle crime8
  • Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Bushey and Radlett · Hertfordshire

Local policing priorities

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

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

112 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 93 rated 4–5 ★ (83 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Radlett (0.3 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Radlett (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£553,008 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Hertsmere · to 2026-08

Detached£1,207,168
Semi-detached£619,477
Terraced£491,260
Flat£294,407

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (5.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (5.5 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

108 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Blanco UK LTD (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools76
  • Sports pitches42
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,604
B £1,871
C £2,139
D £2,406
E £2,940
F £3,475
G £4,010
H £4,812

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Dame Alice Owen's SchoolOutstanding
  • Yavneh CollegeGood
  • Gracewood AcademyRequires improvement
  • Bushey Meads School
  • Elstree Screen Arts Academy
  • Hertswood Academy
  • Queens' School
  • The Grange Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hertsmere

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Radlett North)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

217 applications decided

84.3% granted · 183 granted, 34 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Oliver Dowden

Conservative

Hertsmere

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,480 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

56 jobs advertised · £39,402 avg

e.g. Materials Handler, 360 Driver, Traffic Management Operative

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Gas 26% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 9%

114 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in WD7

  • The Red House Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertsmere:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Radlett · 0.2 km

    Radlett is a large village in Hertfordshire, England, between Elstree and St Albans on Watling Street, with a population of 10,060. It is in the council district of Hertsmere in the south of the county, and forms part…

  • Radlett Reform Synagogue · 0.2 km

    The Radlett Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue in Radlett, Hertfordshire, England, in the United Kingdom. Formed in 1971 as the Bushey Heath Reform Community, the congregation is a member o…

  • Radlett railway station · 0.3 km

    Radlett railway station serves the village of Radlett, in Hertfordshire, England. It is a stop on the Midland Main Line; it is situated 15 miles 17 chains (24.5 km) down the line from London St Pancras, between Elstre…

  • Brunton Memorial Ground · 1.2 km

    Brunton Memorial Ground is a cricket ground at Radlett in Hertfordshire. The ground is the home of Radlett Cricket Club and, since 2013, has been used as an outground by Middlesex County Cricket Club. It was used occa…

  • Denis Compton Oval · 1.8 km

    The Denis Compton Oval is a cricket ground located at the Shenley Cricket Centre in Shenley, Hertfordshire, England. The ground was opened by Denis Compton and the main ground was named in his honour. At the heart of…

  • Edge Grove School · 1.9 km

    Edge Grove School, simply Edge Grove, is a 2-13 mixed, private, day preparatory school in Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. It was established in 1935 and has 48 acres of grounds.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Radlett?
Radlett is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Hertsmere local authority.
What is the population of Radlett?
Radlett has an approximate settlement population of 8,163.
How deprived is Radlett?
The Hertsmere local authority, which includes Radlett, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.