Watford (Watford)

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:30

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

• 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

186 reported · August 2026▲ 35% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour53
• Violence & sexual offences53
• Other theft27
• Shoplifting17

Neighbourhood team: Bushey and Radlett · Hertfordshire

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

223 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 317 casualties · 20.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

341 food businesses within 2 miles

• 278 rated 4–5 ★ (235 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Garston (0.5 km)
• 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£553,008 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Hertsmere · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,829 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,258
• 2 bed £1,604
• 3 bed £1,941

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 (12.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,090 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: 153.9p · Esso (2.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (2.7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

105 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Sainsbury's Dome Roundabout (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,918
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,715
• Net moves+203

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 214 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

58 schools · 22,822 pupils

31 primary · 8 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hertsmere

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
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

217 applications decided

84.3% granted · 183 granted, 34 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,480 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,362 jobs advertised · £44,819 avg

e.g. Global Compliance Manager - (Twelve Months FTC), Class 2 Driver, Barista

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 16% · Biomass 13%

78 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 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

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in WD25

• Garston Medical Centre
• Sheepcot Medical Centre
• Holywell Langley House Clch

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertsmere:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities1,185 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules462 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth160 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities154 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide

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

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  Garston Park · 0.2 km

  Garston Park is a park in Garston, Hertfordshire, a suburb of Watford in Hertfordshire. An area of 6.4 hectares, about half of the park, is a Local Nature Reserve. It is owned and managed by Watford Borough Council.

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  Garston railway station (Hertfordshire) · 0.4 km

  Garston railway station serves the Garston area of Watford in Hertfordshire, England. It is the third station on the Abbey Line after Watford Junction and Watford North. The station and all trains serving it are opera…

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  Garston, Hertfordshire · 0.5 km

  Garston is a suburban village in Hertfordshire, England. Garston is contiguous with Watford and now, despite retaining a local identity, is effectively a suburb. It is within the Stanborough, Woodside and Meriden ward…

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  Bricket Wood Common · 1.1 km

  Bricket Wood Common is a 70 hectare open space and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bricket Wood in Hertfordshire. It is managed by St Albans City and District Council together with the Countryside Ma…

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  Building Research Establishment · 1.2 km

  The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is a centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust. It is a former UK government national laboratory, previously called Buil…

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  Stanborough Park Church · 1.2 km

  Stanborough Park Church is a Seventh-day Adventist church located in the grounds of Stanborough Park in Garston, Hertfordshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)