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14 recorded sales · median £467,950 · Hertsmere
Hertsmere Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 19/39 seats · 49% · OCD 2026
68/100
Good
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£468k
median price
8.4
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£468k
median sold price
11.9 yrs
of local pay to buy
16 min
London — fastest
3
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
58
schools total
8.4
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
301
Violence — most
12.4
NO₂ · WHO 10
3.6%
in a flood zone
278
green spaces
7.7
PM2.5 · WHO 5
211
eat & drink
66
shops
75.3%
gigabit
27
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; 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.
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Hertsmere, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-08
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £467,950. That's about 11.9× local earnings — around the 13.8× five-year average.
Sold price history
Not enough history to chart yet.
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 14 sales£467,950
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.9× · five-year average 13.8×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Hertsmere29.3%
Of the homes across Hertsmere that sold again within five years, 29.3% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than East of England (17.5%).
By property type
Terraced houses4.5%
Flats30.8%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new34.2%
Bought second-hand26%
Overall
Typical resale gain+9% · ~7.5-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (672 resale pairs) across Hertsmere — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership64%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,355
Hertsmere Borough Council£216
Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858
Police & Crime Commissioner£280
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,570
Band B£1,831
Band C£2,093
Band D (baseline)£2,355
Band E£2,878
Band F£3,401
Band G£3,924
Band H£4,709
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Hertsmere how Shakespeare Drive compares · from Hertsmere
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Connaught Park +34%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connaught Park | £645,000 | +34% | 148 |
| Bushey Heath | £625,000 | +27.5% | 200 |
| Potters Bar | £575,000 | +26.8% | 236 |
| Rowley Green | £430,000 | +18.6% | 64 |
| The Royds | £615,000 | +14.3% | 116 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Shakespeare Drive — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Shakespeare Drive | Detached | — | — | £726,500 | Sep 2019 |
| 4 Shakespeare Drive | Detached | — | — | £745,000 | Jun 2017 |
| 2 SHAKESPEARE DRIVE BOREHAMWOOD | Detached | — | — | £615,000 | Oct 2015 |
| 8, Shakespeare Drive | Detached | — | — | £615,000 | Sep 2014 |
| 3, Shakespeare Drive | Detached | — | — | £500,000 | Jun 2013 |
| 7, Shakespeare Drive | Detached | — | — | £460,000 | Aug 2011 |
| 4 Shakespeare Drive | Detached | — | — | £400,000 | Mar 2009 |
| 3, Shakespeare Drive | Detached | — | — | £474,950 | Nov 2007 |
| 7, Shakespeare Drive | Detached | — | — | £469,950 | Sep 2007 |
| 1 SHAKESPEARE DRIVE BOREHAMWOOD | Detached | — | — | £439,950 | Aug 2007 |
14 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Hertsmere
Crime runs at 8.4 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 / month8.4
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Hertsmere
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Hertsmere 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. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Hertsmere
Population107,827
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 7/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 7 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
6.5/10
Employment
6.8/10
Education & skills
7.1/10
Health & disability
7.3/10
Crime
6.3/10
Housing & services
6.1/10
Living environment
5.8/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Hertsmere — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+61%
Unemployment · economically active residents5%
Degree-level (Level 4+)40%
Good or very good health85%
Own their home64%
Median age41
Born outside the UK23%
See the full Hertsmere report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
75% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
3 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 nearest inspected schools
of the 4 nearest inspected 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 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starjumps Nursery | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.0 km |
| Little Angels Pre School | Nursery | Outstanding ('23) | 0.3 km |
| Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.4 km |
| Summerswood Primary School | Primary | Requires improvement ('24) | 0.4 km |
| Monksmead School | Primary | — | 0.6 km |
| Yavneh College | Secondary | Good ('23) | 0.6 km |
| Yavneh Primary School | Primary | — | 0.6 km |
| Stepping-Stones Pre-School & Holiday Care C.I.C | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.6 km |
| The Shekinah Glory Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.9 km |
| The Shekinah Glory Day Nursery And After School Club | Nursery | Good ('23) | 1.0 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 81.3 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 85.5 yrs |
| Smoking | 11.8% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 61.2% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
11 of 11 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.3 km |
| Elstree Dental | Dentist | — | 0.4 km |
| Care Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 0.5 km |
| Care Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 0.5 km |
| The Grove Medical Centre | GP | Good ('17) | 0.6 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.6 km |
| Oborehamwood Ortho Clinic Ltd | Dentist | — | 0.6 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.6 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Hertsmere
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 17 min from Mill Hill Broadway.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elstree & Borehamwood | 0.2 mi | London St Pancras | 21 min |
| Mill Hill Broadway | 2.9 mi | London St Pancras | 17 min |
| Radlett | 2.9 mi | London St Pancras | 25 min |
| New Barnet | 4.4 mi | London St Pancras | 19 min |
| Hadley Wood | 4.4 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Mill Hill Broadway (17 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging14 points
Per 10,000 residents1.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Hertsmere
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1003.5%
Flood zone3.6% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 3–5%)
Historic landfill142 sites within ~1 km
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 buildings321
Conservation areas16
Green belt78.9%
Green spaces278
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Hertsmere
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 211 | 93% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 66 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 27 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 278 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Hertsmere
Figures for the wider Hertsmere — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate5%
In work (employment rate)61.2%
Companies registered here54,794
New incorporations (12m)5,996
Property companies (SPVs)9,135
See the full Hertsmere report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district