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Hertfordshire

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1,198,800 people · median £461,503

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

67/100

Good

Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£462k

median price

8.6

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£462k

median sold price

11.1 yrs

of local pay to buy

rail stations mapped

grammar school

594

schools total

8.6

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

10.5

NO₂ · WHO 10

3.7%

in a flood zone

2,055

green spaces

7.3

PM2.5 · WHO 5

2,329

eat & drink

599

shops

78%

gigabit

226

gyms & leisure

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£325,000 in 2015 → £450,000 in 2026 · 14,065 sales in 12 months

⌄ Below this county: Hertfordshire is an aggregation of its districts — every figure above sums or population-weights them. Click any district in the tables for its own full report.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-05

Affordability2025

Crime2026-07

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This county

A typical home here sells for £461,503. That's about 11.1× local earnings.

Sold price history

2026 YTD · 5,516 sales

Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£461,503

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.1×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss20.8%

Of the homes here that sold again within five years, 20.8% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than England (18%).

By property type

Detached houses2.8%

Semi-detached houses3.3%

Terraced houses5.7%

Flats22.2%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new27.9%

Bought second-hand18.3%

Overall

Typical resale gain+14.5% · ~7.7-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (7,906 resale pairs) · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

£4,402 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by district 10 districts — the county, broken down

District	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Broxbourne	£425,000	—	—
Dacorum	£445,000	—	—
East Hertfordshire	£449,995	—	—
Hertsmere	£535,500	—	—
North Hertfordshire	£411,750	—	—
St Albans	£600,000	—	—
Stevenage	£340,000	—	—
Three Rivers	£540,000	—	—
Watford	£402,000	—	—
Welwyn Hatfield	£425,000	—	—

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

How safe is it? This county

Crime runs at 8.6 per 1,000 residents a month — below the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole county

Per 1,000 / month8.6

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months county

Violence and sexual offences

32,236

Anti-social behaviour

19,111

Other theft

7,717

Shoplifting

7,174

Criminal damage and arson

6,107

Vehicle crime

5,382

Recorded crimes by category across the whole county, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Parking Area	539
Parking Area	393
Supermarket	390
Petrol Station	365
Parking Area	365

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk

Who lives here? This county

Population1,198,800

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)

ONS Census 2021

Schools This county

Ofsted

594 schools in the county.

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

Schools by district

This county has 594 schools across its districts. Open any district below for its full school list, Ofsted ratings and catchments.

GIAS + Ofsted

Health This county

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	81.4 yrs
Life expectancy — women	85 yrs

OHID Fingertips

141

GP surgeries
NHS ODS

112

dentists
NHS ODS

Getting around This county

EV charging64 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment This county

Air quality

NO₂

10.5

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.3

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

A population-weighted county average across Hertfordshire’s districts — air quality varies locally. See the per-district ranking.

Ground checks

Flood zone3.7% of postcodes

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 buildings8,131

Conservation areas218

Green spaces2,055

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities This county

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	2,329	—
Shops	599	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	226	—
Green spaces & parks	2,055	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

78%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy This county

At a glance

	Count	Trend, 12 months
Companies registered here	248,989	—

Companies House