Slip End

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:30

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

22 reported · August 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour9
• Violence & sexual offences7
• Vehicle crime2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Dunstable and Rural · Bedfordshire

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

161 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 207 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

384 food businesses within 2 miles

• 260 rated 4–5 ★ (196 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Luton Airport Parkway (3.3 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£450,935 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Dacorum · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,594 average monthly rent▲ 1.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,098
• 2 bed £1,378
• 3 bed £1,655

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

11.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.9 times median annual pay (12.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,890 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: 166.9p · Asda (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (2.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

76 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Slip End Garages-Citroen (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches24
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

155,081 residents in Dacorum · 730/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,184
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,963
• Net moves+221

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 211 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,409 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 67,930)

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

80 schools · 28,467 pupils

55 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 20 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dacorum

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
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

308 applications decided

84.4% granted · 260 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rachel Hopkins

Labour

Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 18
• LD 19
• Oth 10

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

27 jobs advertised · £63,219 avg

e.g. Unit Manager, Sub Contract Manager, Administrator

Source: Adzuna

£889 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,901 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 76,523 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Gas 27% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 9%

118 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

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

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

14 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in LU1

• Bell House Medical Centre
• Castle Medical Group Practice
• Lea Vale Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Luton South and South Bedfordshire:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 616 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND123 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants111 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases105 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth101 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Slip End · 0.1 km

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  Pepperstock · 0.6 km

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  Woodside, Bedfordshire · 0.8 km

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  Lower Woodside · 0.9 km

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• Woodside Farm and Wildfowl Park · 0.9 km

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  Aley Green · 1.0 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)