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247 recorded sales · median £236,000 · Watford
Watford Council · Liberal Democrat (directly-elected mayor) 32/36 seats · 89% · OCD 2026
67/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£236k
median price
11.2
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£236k
median sold price
11 yrs
of local pay to buy
124 min
Manchester — fastest
7
rail stations
0
grammar schools
42
schools total
11.2
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
366
Violence — most
12.8
NO₂ · WHO 10
1.1%
in a flood zone
69
green spaces
7.8
PM2.5 · WHO 5
176
eat & drink
59
shops
90.1%
gigabit
13
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£215,025 in 2013 → £293,000 in 2025
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Watford, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-07-21
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)
Crime2026-06
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £236,000. That's about 11× local earnings — around the 11.8× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 5 sales
Median sold price · median of all 247 sales£236,000
Full history since 2004
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay11× · five-year average 11.8×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership55%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,447
Watford Borough Council£309
Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858
Police & Crime Commissioner£280
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,631
Band B£1,903
Band C£2,175
Band D (baseline)£2,447
Band E£2,990
Band F£3,534
Band G£4,078
Band H£4,893
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Watford how The Gateway compares · from Watford
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Woodside +28.4%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside | £460,000 | +28.4% | 48 |
| Tudor Estate | £571,000 | +22.2% | 134 |
| Kingswood | £472,500 | +18.8% | 84 |
| Meriden | £450,000 | +18.2% | 86 |
| North Watford | £415,000 | +16.3% | 506 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in The Gateway — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 12 Omega Court The Gateway | Flat | — | — | £317,000 | May 2026 |
| Flat 29 Rockwell Court The Gateway | Flat | — | — | £212,000 | Sep 2025 |
| Flat 43 Omega Court The Gateway | Flat | — | — | £320,000 | Aug 2025 |
| Flat 6 Rockwell Court The Gateway | Flat | — | — | £290,000 | Jul 2025 |
| Flat 19 Rockwell Court The Gateway | Flat | — | — | £293,000 | Jun 2025 |
| Flat 21 Rockwell Court The Gateway | Flat | — | — | £300,000 | Jun 2025 |
| Flat 23 Copperdale Court The Gateway | Flat | — | — | £223,000 | Dec 2024 |
| Flat 40 Copperdale Court The Gateway | Flat | — | — | £212,500 | Aug 2024 |
| Flat 38 Omega Court The Gateway | Flat | — | — | £520,000 | Feb 2024 |
| Flat 45 Rockwell Court The Gateway | Flat | — | — | £275,000 | Jan 2024 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Watford
Crime runs at 11.2 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month11.2
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Watford
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Watford district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Watford
Population102,246
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 6/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 6 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
4.5/10
Employment
5.8/10
Education & skills
5.7/10
Health & disability
6.3/10
Crime
5.6/10
Housing & services
5.6/10
Living environment
5.4/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Watford — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+65%
Unemployment · economically active residents5.5%
Degree-level (Level 4+)41%
Good or very good health86%
Own their home55%
Median age37
Born outside the UK34%
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
80% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
4 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools
of the 5 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Horizons Watford Day Nursery and Preschool | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.1 km |
| Ascot Road Primary School | Primary | Good ('24) | 0.3 km |
| Squirrels Nursery (Watford Ascot) | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.3 km |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Good ('21) | 0.3 km |
| Westfield Academy | Secondary | Inspected '24 — see report | 0.4 km |
| Westfield Pre School | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.4 km |
| Small World Nursery (Watford) CIC | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.6 km |
| Boys & Girls Nursery (Croxley Green) Limited | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.6 km |
| Watford Grammar School for Boys | Secondary | Outstanding ('21) | 0.7 km |
| Willow Tree Primary School | Primary | Requires improvement ('23) | 0.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 1.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
14 of 15 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Surgeries | GP | Good ('22) | 0.1 km |
| Sas West Herts | GP | — | 0.1 km |
| Bridgewater Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.1 km |
| Greenfield Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.6 km |
| Md Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.2 km |
| Chartwell Clinic | Dentist | — | 1.4 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 1.5 km |
| Peace Children'S Centre | Dentist | — | 1.5 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Watford
5 nearest stations; the fastest to Manchester is 124 min from Watford Junction Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To Manchester | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watford High Street Rail Station | 1.3 mi | — | no direct train |
| Watford Junction Rail Station | 1.4 mi | Manchester Piccadilly | 124 min |
| Bushey Rail Station | 1.6 mi | — | no direct train |
| Carpenders Park Rail Station | 2.2 mi | — | no direct train |
| Watford North Rail Station | 2.2 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest Manchester time in bold — from Watford Junction Rail Station (124 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging6 points
Per 10,000 residents0.6
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Watford
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1002.3%
Flood zone1.1% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)
Historic landfill42 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings94
Conservation areas10
Green belt17.8%
Green spaces69
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Watford
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 176 | 94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 59 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 13 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 69 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Watford
Figures for the wider Watford — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate5.5%
In work (employment rate)65.3%
Companies registered here12,529
New incorporations (12m)1,569
Property companies (SPVs)1,688
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district