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Overchess Ridge

8 recorded sales · median £714,750 · Three Rivers

Three Rivers Council · Liberal Democrat minority — no overall control   18/39 seats · 46% · OCD 2026
OverviewCostSafetyWho lives hereSchoolsHealthGetting aroundEnvironmentAmenities & economy
65/100
Mixed
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£715k
median price
7.2
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£715k
median sold price
10.7 yrs
of local pay to buy
124 min
Manchester — fastest
6
rail stations
0
grammar schools
42
schools total
7.2
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
214
Violence — most
11.3
NO₂ · WHO 10
3.7%
in a flood zone
194
green spaces
7.5
PM2.5 · WHO 5
139
eat & drink
36
shops
83.6%
gigabit
14
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 Three Rivers, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-07-21
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)
Crime2026-05
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01

What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £714,750. That's about 10.7× local earnings — around the 12.3× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.
Median sold price · median of all 8 sales£714,750
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.7× · five-year average 12.3×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership71%

Owned outright
35%
With a mortgage
36%
Private rented
13%
Social rented
15%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,351

Three Rivers District Council£213
Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858
Police & Crime Commissioner£280
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,567
Band B£1,828
Band C£2,090
Band D (baseline)£2,351
Band E£2,873
Band F£3,395
Band G£3,918
Band H£4,701
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 Three Rivers how Overchess Ridge compares · from Three Rivers

Fastest 5-yr growth: Carpenders Park +19.8%
NeighbourhoodMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
Carpenders Park£515,000+19.8%154
Croxley Green£655,000+18.8%246
South Oxhey£415,000+15.8%260
Watford Heath£712,500+14%64
Northwood£1,125,000+13.9%60
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 Overchess Ridge — sold prices

Filters
AddressTypeBedsEPCPriceDate
8 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 Three Rivers

Crime runs at 7.2 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 / month7.2
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Three Rivers

Violence & sexual offences
214
Anti-social behaviour
146
Shoplifting
94
Other theft
48
Criminal damage & arson
39
Public order
37
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Three Rivers 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? from Three Rivers

Population93,771

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 8/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 75% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 8/10
12345678910
WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 8/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 75% 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 8 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
7.3/10
Employment
7.5/10
Education & skills
7.5/10
Health & disability
8.3/10
Crime
7.2/10
Housing & services
5.9/10
Living environment
6.7/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Three Rivers — 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+63%
Unemployment · economically active residents4.4%
Degree-level (Level 4+)43%
Good or very good health86%
Own their home71%
Median age42.2
Born outside the UK19%

See the full Three Rivers report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

100%
3 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 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
SchoolPhaseOfstedDistance
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

12
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.6 km
NHS ODS
19
nearest dentists · nearest 1.6 km
NHS ODS
22
nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.6 km
NHS ODS

8 of 8 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
NameTypeCQC ratingDistance
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 Three Rivers

5 nearest stations; the fastest to Manchester is 124 min from Watford Junction Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

StationDistanceTo ManchesterFastest
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest Manchester time in bold — from Watford Junction Rail Station (124 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive
45%
Work from home
42%
Public transport
7%
Walk or cycle
5%
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging3 points

Per 10,000 residents0.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Three Rivers

Air quality

NO₂
11.3
— WHO guide
10
PM2.5
7.5
— WHO guide
5
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.4%
Flood zone3.7% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)
Historic landfill140 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 buildings350
Conservation areas19
Green belt75.6%
Green spaces194
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Three Rivers

What's here

CategoryCountNote
Eat & drink13996% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops36supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds14
Green spaces & parks194filled areas on the map
OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit
83.6%
Superfast
95.4%
Ultrafast
85.2%
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Three Rivers

Figures for the wider Three Rivers — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate4.4%
In work (employment rate)62.6%
Companies registered here11,114
New incorporations (12m)1,166
Property companies (SPVs)1,822

See the full Three Rivers report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district