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Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 25,413. It has around 27 bus stops, 1 GP surgery, 4 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 20 restaurants and cafés, with Rickmansworth railway station 0.9 km away. The average sold house price is around £790,623. There were around 134 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rickmansworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Three Rivers area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 93,770 residents at roughly 1,056 people per km².

Council
Three Rivers
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
South West Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
70/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 19th of 294 English council areas — better than 94% of them.

Low crime91
Home affordability23
Affordable rents25
Good schools95
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation92
Employment65
Low council tax54

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

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 12° · 49% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Crime

125 reported · July 2026 25% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences33
  • Anti-social behaviour30
  • Other theft20
  • Shoplifting17

2 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Rickmansworth and District · Hertfordshire

Local policing priorities

  • During our last survey residents asked us to focus on preventing burglary and retail related crime.
  • We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority.

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

Road safety

104 reported road collisions (2024)

13 killed or seriously injured · 139 casualties · 11.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

219 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 186 rated 4–5 ★ (150 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Rickmansworth (0.3 km)
  • 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rickmansworth (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£580,120 average 1.2% YoY

Across Three Rivers · to 2026-06

Detached£1,179,599
Semi-detached£583,696
Terraced£452,565
Flat£288,214

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,820 average monthly rent 2.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,272
  • 2 bed £1,584
  • 3 bed £1,966

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

Affordability

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (12.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (6.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (7.6 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

96 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Vocalink (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools42
  • Sports pitches38
  • Golf courses3
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

93,770 residents in Three Rivers · 1,056/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 291 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,422 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (26% of 39,180)

A £1,615
B £1,884
C £2,153
D £2,422
E £2,961
F £3,499
G £4,037
H £4,845

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

Schools

42 schools · 18,542 pupils

28 primary · 7 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

37inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Parmiter's SchoolOutstanding
  • Rickmansworth SchoolOutstanding
  • St Clement Danes SchoolOutstanding
  • Croxley Danes SchoolGood
  • Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
  • Saint Michael's Catholic High School
  • The Reach Free School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Three Rivers

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

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

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

Planning decisions

181 applications decided

89% granted · 161 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mr Gagan Mohindra

Conservative

South West Hertfordshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 2
  • Con 14
  • LD 18
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools11
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens76
  • Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,840 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

504 jobs advertised · £42,511 avg

e.g. ICA Engineer, Quantity Surveyor, Sign Up To Drive With Uber - Flexible Alternative To Driving Jobs

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£892 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£37,848 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,220 certificates

7.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 55% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 13% · Gas 8%

39 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction6.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Hertfordshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Rickmansworth station · 0.3 km

    Rickmansworth is an interchange railway station in the town of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, northwest of Central London. It is served by the Metropolitan line of the London Underground and by Chiltern Railways of the…

  • Old Town Hall, Rickmansworth · 0.5 km

    The Old Town Hall was a municipal building in the High Street in Rickmansworth, a town in Hertfordshire, in England. The upper floors have been demolished and the ground floor is now in retail use.

  • Three Rivers District · 0.5 km

    Three Rivers is a local government district in south-west Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Rickmansworth. The district borders Hertsmere, Watford, St Albans, Dacorum, Buckinghamshire, and the London bor…

  • Rickmansworth Aquadrome · 0.7 km

    Rickmansworth Aquadrome is a 41-hectare (101-acre) public park and Local Nature Reserve in Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Three Rivers District Council.

  • Rickmansworth · 0.8 km

    Rickmansworth is a town in south-west Hertfordshire, England, located approximately 17 miles (27 km) north-west of central London, 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Watford and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway. The…

  • Classical Association · 0.8 km

    The Classical Association (CA) is an educational organisation which aims to promote and widen access to the study of classical subjects in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1903, the Classical Association supports and ad…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rickmansworth?
Rickmansworth is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Three Rivers local authority.
What is the population of Rickmansworth?
Rickmansworth has an approximate settlement population of 25,413.
How deprived is Rickmansworth?
The Three Rivers local authority, which includes Rickmansworth, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.