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Shenleybury

Shenleybury is a village in Hertfordshire, England. It has one school, six bus stops, and Radlett railway station 2.4 km away, with 62 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Shenleybury 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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 17° · 81% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:22

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

Crime

76 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences34
  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Public order7
  • Shoplifting5

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

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

109 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 92 rated 4–5 ★ (81 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Radlett (2.7 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Radlett (2.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, 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 (8.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (7.4 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

76 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: HINNEX STALBANS HI EXPRESS 1 (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches26
  • 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

  • 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

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

  • Schools4
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

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

  • St Botolph's Church, Shenley · 0.1 km

    St Botolph's Church is a former Church of England parish church at Shenleybury, about a mile north of the village of Shenley in Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building, designated on 25 February 1952…

  • 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.

  • Arsenal Training Centre · 1.0 km

    The Arsenal Training Centre, branded as the Sobha Realty Training Centre for sponsorship reasons, and often referred to by the synecdoche London Colney, is the training complex for Arsenal Football Club, located in Lo…

  • Watling Chase Community Forest · 1.0 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 · 1.1 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…

  • Watford Football Club Training Ground · 1.1 km

    The Watford Football Club Training Ground is the training ground and academy of the EFL Championship club Watford F.C. The centre is located on the University College London Union (UCLU) Shenley Sports grounds, in St…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Shenleybury?
Shenleybury is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Hertsmere local authority.
How deprived is Shenleybury?
The Hertsmere local authority, which includes Shenleybury, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.