Rickmansworth

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• Today: 10° / 8° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:27

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

132 reported · August 2026▲ 36% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour41
• Violence & sexual offences30
• Other theft18
• Shoplifting15

8 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Rickmansworth and District · Hertfordshire

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

114 reported road collisions (2025)

28 killed or seriously injured · 168 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

216 food businesses within 2 miles

• 184 rated 4–5 ★ (149 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£590,232 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Three Rivers · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,826 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,275
• 2 bed £1,588
• 3 bed £1,972

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,006 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: 153.9p · Esso (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (6.4 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,458
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,971
• Net moves+487

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 275 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,422 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

43 schools · 18,542 pupils

28 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

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

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

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

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
• 60 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

209 applications decided

90.9% granted · 190 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Gagan Mohindra

Conservative

South West Hertfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

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

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

332 jobs advertised · £39,618 avg

e.g. Junior Buyer, Electrical Project Engineer, Nursery Practitioner

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 18% · Biomass 11%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

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

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

3 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in WD3

• Gade And Chorleywood Health Centres
• The Colne Practice
• New Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Hertfordshire:

• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities318 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND211 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth148 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks139 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules122 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

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

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  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…

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  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.

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  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…

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  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.

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  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…

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  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…

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