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Ermine

Ward

The north east of the North Hertfordshire. About 2,895 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 64 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 28% of people in Ermine live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,789
Joint 904th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
28%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
31.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ermine compares

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

ErmineMiddle
Population25 wards, North Hertfordshire · 2021
Population: every ward in North Hertfordshire25 areas from 2,066 to 9,239. The middle area is 5,634. Ermine is 2,789.
2,7893rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 wards, North Hertfordshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in North Hertfordshire25 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 36.0%. Ermine is 28.0%.
28%11th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage25 wards, North Hertfordshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in North Hertfordshire25 areas from 22.0% to 99.8%. The middle area is 90.9%. Ermine is 31.8%.
31.8%2nd lowest
Claimant rate25 wards, North Hertfordshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in North Hertfordshire25 areas from 0.9% to 4.4%. The middle area is 2.0%. Ermine is 1.6%.
1.6%joint 5th lowest

Is Ermine safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ermine at a rate of 39.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 66.6 per 1,000 people across North Hertfordshire.

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

In August 2026 alone, 12 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ermine.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (28), anti-social behaviour (20) and burglary (20).

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 North Hertfordshire

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

Average house price
£422,835
Up 3.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£49,224
18th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.6×
Joint 101st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
11.3
38th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ermine in brief

Ermine had 2,789 usual residents at the census.

About 28% of people in Ermine live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ermine, 31.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ermine, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.