Stevenage

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• Today: 10° / 8° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

460 reported · August 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences168
• Anti-social behaviour111
• Public order46
• Shoplifting35

42 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Stevenage Central · Hertfordshire

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

95 reported road collisions (2025)

19 killed or seriously injured · 128 casualties · 10.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

435 food businesses within 2 miles

• 349 rated 4–5 ★ (322 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stevenage (0.3 km)
• 52 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£309,123 average▼ 2.1% YoY

Across Stevenage · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,440 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,028
• 2 bed £1,321
• 3 bed £1,551

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

7.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.4 times median annual pay (9.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

863 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: 159.9p · Esso (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.7p · Asda (0.5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

39 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: St Georges Way MSCP North Level Four 2 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

89,493 residents in Stevenage · 3,445/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,750
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,793
• Net moves−43

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 125 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,392 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (57% of 38,430)

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

37 schools · 16,292 pupils

24 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 15 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stevenage

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
• 98 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

72 applications decided

94.4% granted · 68 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Kevin Bonavia

Labour

Stevenage

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 21
• Con 1
• LD 6
• Ref 10
• Oth 1

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

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens26
• Restaurants & cafés62

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

824 jobs advertised · £50,794 avg

e.g. Area Sales Manager – Timber and Construction Products, Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, Traffic Marshall

Source: Adzuna

£894 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,681 disposable income per head (2024)

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

56% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 44,867 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Gas 25% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 10%

109 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.1 yrs men

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

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

8 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in SG1

• East And North Hertfordshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Stanmore Medical Group
• King George & Manor House Surgeries

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stevenage:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth245 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND214 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks193 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases155 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Dedicated funding for Epidermolysis Bullosa and rare skin conditions research151 local signatures · 11,555 nationwide

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

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