United Kingdom · East of England · Local Authority
Hertsmere
Non-metropolitan district · East of England, England · population ~105k · 42 state-funded schools
Expensive to live in, but with excellent schools. Hertsmere's median house price is 11.7 times median annual pay, and rent takes a high 46.8% of gross earnings, both among the highest in the East of England. However, council tax is close to the regional median, and crime rates are only slightly above average. The standout figure is education, with 96.3% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools, the best rate in the region. This is a place for families prioritising school quality and willing to pay a significant premium for it.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Hertsmere ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£45,869/yr
Very high
Better than 86% of UK LAs
House price
£537,500
Very expensive
Worse than 93% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,787/mo
Very expensive
Worse than 91% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,406/yr
Mid
Better than 58% of UK LAs
Crime
75.5/1k
Mid
Around UK average
Deprivation
13.9
Low
Better than 74% of UK LAs
Schools
90.5%
Weak
Worse than 70% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
42 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
38 of 42 (90.5%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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42 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 42 schools, sortable and filterable.
Schools in Hertsmere →Places with similar signatures
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What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.