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Hertfordshire

1,198,800 people · median £461,503

65/100
Mixed
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£462k
median price
7.9
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£462k
median sold price
11.1 yrs
of local pay to buy
50
rail stations
1
grammar school
596
schools total
7.9
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
10.5
NO₂ · WHO 10
3.7%
in a flood zone
2,059
green spaces
7.3
PM2.5 · WHO 5
2,324
eat & drink
596
shops
78%
gigabit
223
gyms & leisure

Tiles show county’s own prices and crime; schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

Not enough history to chart yet.
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
Crime2026-06
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

Not enough history to chart yet.
Median sold price£461,503
Price per square metre£4,381
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

£4,381 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

DistrictMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
Broxbourne£425,000
Dacorum£445,000
East Hertfordshire£449,995
Hertsmere£535,500
North Hertfordshire£411,750
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 7.9 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 / month7.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from the wider district

Street-level category counts weren’t available from police.uk for Hertfordshire this month.

Recorded crimes by category across the whole the wider district 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? This county

Population1,198,800

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
ONS Census 2021

Schools This county

Ofsted

0 nearest 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 0 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
SchoolPhaseOfstedDistance
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This county

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
10
PM2.5
7.3
— WHO guide
5
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 buildings8,130
Conservation areas218
Green spaces2,059
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities This county

What's here

CategoryCountNote
Eat & drink2,324
Shops596supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds223
Green spaces & parks2,059filled areas on the map
OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit
78%
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy This county

At a glance

CountTrend, 12 months
Companies registered here124,937
Companies House
Sources & dates: every figure carries its own source line with the data vintage; the full table is in Overview → "All figures, sources and dates".

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