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Grovehill

Ward

East Dacorum. About 7,974 people in 2.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Grovehill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,004
3,410th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Grovehill compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

GrovehillMiddle
Population25 wards, Dacorum · 2021
Population: every ward in Dacorum25 areas from 2,403 to 10,306. The middle area is 6,033. Grovehill is 8,004.
8,0046th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 wards, Dacorum · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Dacorum25 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Grovehill is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage25 wards, Dacorum · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Dacorum25 areas from 25.5% to 98.5%. The middle area is 91.2%. Grovehill is 95.1%.
95.1%9th highest
Claimant rate25 wards, Dacorum · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Dacorum25 areas from 0.9% to 5.4%. The middle area is 2.8%. Grovehill is 5.4%.
5.4%highest

Is Grovehill safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Grovehill at a rate of 87.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 84.8 per 1,000 people across Dacorum.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 60 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Grovehill.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (243), anti-social behaviour (190) and other crime (86).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Dacorum

These figures are published for the whole of Dacorum, not for each ward, so they describe all of Dacorum and not Grovehill alone. See Dacorum

Average house price
£459,235
Up 3.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,485
56th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.3×
Joint 44th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.0
80th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Grovehill in brief

Grovehill had 8,004 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Grovehill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Grovehill, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Grovehill, 5.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.