Hertsmere: local statistics
Hertsmere is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 110,242 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Hertsmere, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Homes in Hertsmere sold for an average of £548,704 in July 2026, up 1.3% on July 2025. It ranks as the 3rd highest in the East of England (regional average £337,518). The July peak was £556,568 in 2022, and prices are 9% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Hertsmere (£43,813) gives a ratio of 12.5. That ratio is the 2nd highest ratio of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
Life expectancy at birth in Hertsmere is 85.4 years for women and 80.7 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 1.5 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.2 more. It is the 4th highest for women of 45 in the East of England.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 73.3% of Hertsmere residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 7.9 points either way, against 78.3% across the East of England. Its lowest reading in the series was 64.4% and its highest 84.5%.
The median full-time employee living in Hertsmere was paid £882.10 a week before tax in April 2025 (£43,813 a year). That is 9.6% above the figure for the East of England and the 12th highest of all 45 council areas in the East of England. The workplace figure, £878.50, is within £5 of it. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £541.00: a change of +63% before inflation.
In mid-2025 the population of Hertsmere was estimated at 110,242, up 0.2% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +5.6%, against +8.5% for the East of England as a whole, the 32nd fastest growth of 45 in the East of England. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In August 2026, 2,465 people in Hertsmere were on the claimant count, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.3% in the East of England. Twelve months before, it was 3.5%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.7% (March 2023) and 4.2% (August 2021).
In March 2026, 8,480 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Hertsmere, 17% more than in 2016. That is 77 for every 1,000 residents, the highest of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
The police recorded 71.8 crimes per 1,000 residents in Hertsmere in the year to March 2026 (7,919 offences in all), close to the middle of all 42 council areas in the East of England (19th highest rate). A year earlier it was 75.8. In the year to March 2016 it was 56.6 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
A Band D home in Hertsmere pays an average of £2,405.83 in council tax in 2026-27, up £116.61 on 2025-26. It is mid-table in the East of England, 24th of 45. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,524.57, so it has risen 58%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 104,414 |
| 2016 | 105,372 |
| 2017 | 105,920 |
| 2018 | 106,458 |
| 2019 | 107,234 |
| 2020 | 107,612 |
| 2021 | 108,129 |
| 2022 | 108,522 |
| 2023 | 109,558 |
| 2024 | 109,993 |
| 2025 | 110,242 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £503,849 |
| July 2017 | £498,866 |
| July 2018 | £503,236 |
| July 2019 | £505,286 |
| July 2020 | £505,060 |
| July 2021 | £534,985 |
| July 2022 | £556,568 |
| July 2023 | £544,987 |
| July 2024 | £527,662 |
| July 2025 | £541,704 |
| July 2026 | £548,704 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £541.00 a week |
| 2016 | £574.90 a week |
| 2017 | £616.10 a week |
| 2018 | £644.40 a week |
| 2019 | £676.20 a week |
| 2020 | £652.70 a week |
| 2021 | £664.60 a week |
| 2022 | £645.10 a week |
| 2023 | £731.20 a week |
| 2024 | £821.60 a week |
| 2025 | £882.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,524.57 |
| 2017-18 | £1,594.29 |
| 2018-19 | £1,686.32 |
| 2019-20 | £1,755.19 |
| 2020-21 | £1,824.93 |
| 2021-22 | £1,900.21 |
| 2022-23 | £1,975.34 |
| 2023-24 | £2,075.94 |
| 2024-25 | £2,179.19 |
| 2025-26 | £2,289.22 |
| 2026-27 | £2,405.83 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 56.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 64.6 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 71.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 74.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 74.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 66.6 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 69.6 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 69.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 68.8 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 75.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 71.8 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.7% |
| 2016/17 | 84.5% |
| 2017/18 | 78.4% |
| 2018/19 | 74.4% |
| 2019/20 | 83.8% |
| 2020/21 | 72.9% |
| 2021/22 | 72.0% |
| 2022/23 | 74.8% |
| 2023/24 | 71.9% |
| 2024/25 | 64.4% |
| 2025/26 | 73.3% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.9 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.1 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.4 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 7,250 |
| 2017 | 7,985 |
| 2018 | 7,720 |
| 2019 | 7,970 |
| 2020 | 8,170 |
| 2021 | 8,255 |
| 2022 | 8,260 |
| 2023 | 8,100 |
| 2024 | 8,210 |
| 2025 | 8,330 |
| 2026 | 8,480 |
Questions about Hertsmere
What is the average house price in Hertsmere?
£548,704 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.3% on a year).
What is life expectancy in Hertsmere?
85.4 years for women and 80.7 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average salary in Hertsmere?
£882.10 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the population of Hertsmere?
The ONS estimates 110,242 people lived in Hertsmere in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Hertsmere?
2,465 in August 2026 (3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in Hertsmere?
71.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in Hertsmere?
£2,405.83 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Hertsmere
Every body that makes decisions for Hertsmere, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Hertsmere council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Hertsmere in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Hertsmere: Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative) MP
- Watford: Matt Turmaine (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: UK average house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK employment rate
- Other council areas in the East of England: Broxbourne · Fenland · Great Yarmouth · Mid Suffolk · North Norfolk · Watford
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