South Mimms

16°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:31

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

50 reported · July 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Other theft20
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Vehicle crime7
• Violence & sexual offences6

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Potters Bar and Shenley · Hertfordshire

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

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)

103 food businesses within 2 miles

• 88 rated 4–5 ★ (67 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£560,436 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Hertsmere · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 175.7p · Asda (11 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

79 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: South Mimms Supercharger (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools10
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

107,827 residents in Hertsmere · 1,066/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (33% of 45,920)

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hertsmere

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

• In a conservation area (South Mimms)
• Within the Green Belt
• 27 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

147 applications decided

93.9% granted · 138 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Oliver Dowden

Conservative

Hertsmere

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

52 jobs advertised · £33,674 avg

e.g. Driving For Cash? Sign Up To Drive With Uber And Earn Flexibly Instead, Open Driver Account With Uber - Drive And Earn When And Where You Want, Hotel Kitchen Team Member

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 32% · Solar 25% · Gas 20% · Nuclear 18%

85 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertsmere:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities1,183 local signatures · 11,464 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need445 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s358 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office354 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership341 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  The White Hart, South Mimms · 0.1 km

  The White Hart is a Grade II listed public house in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England.

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  Black Horse, South Mimms · 0.4 km

  The Black Horse is a Grade II listed public house on Blackhorse Lane in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England.

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  South Mimms · 0.4 km

  South Mimms is a village in the civil parish of South Mimms and Ridge, in the borough of Hertsmere in Hertfordshire, England. The village is near the junction of the M25 motorway with the A1(M) motorway; it gives it n…

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  Clare Hall Manor · 1.0 km

  Clare Hall Manor is a former health facility in Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  South Mimms services · 1.2 km

  South Mimms services is a motorway service area accessible from Junction 23 of the M25 motorway which is also Junction 1 of the A1(M), in England near South Mimms, Hertfordshire. Constructed in 1986 as the first servi…

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  Ridge, Hertfordshire · 1.4 km

  Ridge is a village in the civil parish of South Mimms and Ridge, in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England. It is situated between Potters Bar and Shenley. At the 2021 census the civil parish of Ridge had a p…

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