11 important facts
Area insights about Watford, local authority district
Locals say
7.0 • Pleasant area
- Local architecture / Beauty
- 6.4
- Green spaces
- 8.2
- Prosperity
- 5.5
- Safety
- 7.8
- High street / Retail amenities
- 6.8
- Transport links
- 6.8
- Local community
- 7.3
- Schools
- 7.3
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Highlights from resident reviews
Read full reviews- "The 30s council stock appears poorly maintained on the outside"
- "The crime rate seems worrying at first glance"
- "It’s actually a really nice community"
- "Lovely neighbours enhance the living experience"
Data says
Income
View allView income on mapIncludes areas of average wealth and wealthy areas 5/10 - 8/10
Deprivation
View allView deprivation domainsComposed of non-deprived areas by 56%
Professional occupations
View allView full breakdown & mapAverage % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 6/10
Residents with degrees
View allView full breakdown & mapAverage % of residents are degree-educated or similar 6/10
Medium crime rate 5/10
Demographics
View allView full breakdown & map- Main ethnic group
- White British 46%
- Main religion
- Christian 44%
- Main age band
- Aged 20 to 39 30%
- Main household type
- Families with young children 30%
Watford (LAD)
Average for East of England
Noise
View allView noise on map- 50.5% of the area is affected by Traffic noise
Transport
View allView connectivity mapThe area is served by the transport links:
- Underground
- Metropolitan
- National Rail
- Avanti West Coast
- Southern
- West Midlands Trains
- Overground
- London Overground
Outside London, only National Rail stations are included
38 mainstream schools
- Outstanding: 7 schools or 18%
- Good: 27 schools or 71%
- Primary schools: 31 (4 Outstanding, 24 Good)
- Secondary schools: 5 (2 Outstanding, 2 Good)
- State-funded: 33 schools or 87%
- Private: 2 schools or 5%
Flood risk
View allView flood riskContains areas that are at risk of flood