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Shenley

Shenley is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 4,143. There are around 1 restaurants and cafés, 18 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Radlett, 2.1km away. There were around 15 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 Shenley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hertsmere area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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 133rd of 294 English council areas — better than 55% of them.

Low crime59
Home affordability12
Affordable rents16
Good schools56
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation71
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

17°CMist

  • Today: 25° / 16° · 52% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:20

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

Crime

29 reported · July 2026 26% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Public order3
  • Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Potters Bar and Shenley · Hertfordshire

Local policing priorities

  • During our last survey people asked us to focus on the following: Anti-social behaviour in the Darkes Lane area
  • During our last survey people asked us to focus on the following: Tackling burglaries across the area through enforcement and crime preve…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

118 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 101 rated 4–5 ★ (89 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Radlett (2.6 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Radlett (2.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£560,436 average 2.6% YoY

Across Hertsmere · to 2026-06

Detached£1,217,747
Semi-detached£629,323
Terraced£496,763
Flat£299,527

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (7.6 km)

30 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

76 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: The Stables (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools7
  • Sports pitches20
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

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)

Deprivation

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

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

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)

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

1,172 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

  • In a conservation area (Shenley Village)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

147 applications decided

93.9% granted · 138 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Oliver Dowden

Conservative

Hertsmere

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure 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

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

61 jobs advertised · £45,785 avg

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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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Nuclear 21% · Wind 15% · Solar 10%

187 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertsmere:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Shenley · 0.2 km

    Shenley is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, between Barnet and St Albans. The village is located 14 miles from Central London. As of 2021, the population of the parish was 5,390; however, the pari…

  • Watling Chase Community Forest · 0.4 km

    Watling Chase Community Forest is an area of 72 square miles located in north London and south Hertfordshire around the towns of Potters Bar, Radlett, Borehamwood and Barnet. It includes Aldenham Country Park, Scratch…

  • Watling Chase Timberland Trail · 0.5 km

    The Watling Chase Timberland Trail is a 10.5 mile footpath in the Watling Chase Community Forest in Hertfordshire. It starts at Elstree & Borehamwood railway station, where it links with the London Loop, and goes main…

  • Shenley Hall · 0.7 km

    Shenley Hall is a Grade II listed English country house at Shenley in Hertfordshire.

  • Shenley Hospital · 0.9 km

    Shenley Hospital was a psychiatric hospital at Shenley in Hertfordshire. It had two sister institutions, Harperbury Hospital and Napsbury Hospital, within a few miles of its location.

  • Denis Compton Oval · 1.2 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Shenley?
Shenley is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Hertsmere local authority.
What is the population of Shenley?
Shenley has an approximate settlement population of 4,143.
How deprived is Shenley?
The Hertsmere local authority, which includes Shenley, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.