Watford (Watford)

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 16° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:20

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

191 reported · July 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences59
• Anti-social behaviour50
• Other theft31
• Vehicle crime10

8 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bushey and Radlett · 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)

346 food businesses within 2 miles

• 281 rated 4–5 ★ (235 top)
• 2 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

£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 (2.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (1.4 km)

25 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)

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 14 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)

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,271 jobs advertised · £42,559 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician, Mobile Vehicle Technician - Stevenage

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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Nuclear 21% · Wind 14% · Solar 13%

179 gCO₂/kWh · high 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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  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 Watford, Hertfordshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)