# Watford

Town in Watford and Three Rivers, East of England.

Watford is a town in Watford and Three Rivers, East of England. Median sale price £435,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 103.8 per 1,000 people. About 137,901 people.

Town. Code E63004690. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/watford)

Watford is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Watford add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £435,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Watford was £435,000 in 2025. Joint 138th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/watford#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 131,336** (2021). Watford had 131,336 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 80th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/watford#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 84%** (2022). About 84% of people in Watford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/watford#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.4%** (January 2026). In Watford, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/watford#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004690) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 84% of people in Watford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63004690) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,399 homes were sold in Watford in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004690) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Watford.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004690) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Watford had 131,336 usual residents at the census.

## How Watford compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Watford | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £435,000 | joint 26th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 131,336 | 7th most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 84% | 14th most people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.4% | joint 31st highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Watford safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Watford at a rate of 103.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 1,341 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Watford.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (4,760), anti-social behaviour (2,914) and other crime (2,441).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Watford was 100.8 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Watford, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Watford has no single figure. Of its 74 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 15 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Watford

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Three Rivers 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023832) | 2,104 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.2% |
| [Three Rivers 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023834) | 1,784 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| [Three Rivers 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01035602) | 1,246 | 86.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% |
| [Three Rivers 002G](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01035603) | 2,440 | 105.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.7% |
| [Three Rivers 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023827) | 2,417 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Three Rivers 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023828) | 1,682 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.5% |
| [Three Rivers 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023845) | 1,848 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Three Rivers 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023846) | 1,618 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Three Rivers 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023805) | 1,764 | 149.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| [Three Rivers 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023809) | 1,848 | 170.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.2% |
| [Three Rivers 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023810) | 1,833 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Three Rivers 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023811) | 1,503 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [Three Rivers 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023806) | 2,307 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| [Three Rivers 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023842) | 1,706 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Three Rivers 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023843) | 2,128 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.2% |
| [Three Rivers 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/neighbourhood/e01023844) | 1,737 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| [Watford 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023904) | 2,165 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| [Watford 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023905) | 2,038 | 190.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.8% |
| [Watford 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023906) | 1,565 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| [Watford 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023907) | 1,938 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.6% |
| [Watford 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023890) | 1,332 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.4% |
| [Watford 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023891) | 1,503 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.1% |
| [Watford 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023892) | 1,337 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Watford 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023893) | 1,671 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.6% |
| [Watford 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023894) | 1,410 | 15.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| [Watford 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023873) | 1,354 | 90.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Watford 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023874) | 1,321 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| [Watford 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023875) | 2,205 | 164.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.4% |
| [Watford 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023876) | 1,795 | 112.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% |
| [Watford 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023877) | 1,724 | 132.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| [Watford 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023868) | 1,892 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| [Watford 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023869) | 1,485 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Watford 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023870) | 1,729 | 98.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| [Watford 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023871) | 1,845 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.1% |
| [Watford 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023872) | 1,714 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| [Watford 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023895) | 1,678 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.9% |
| [Watford 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023896) | 1,303 | 153.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| [Watford 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023897) | 1,592 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.4% |
| [Watford 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023898) | 1,600 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Watford 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023855) | 2,254 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [Watford 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023856) | 2,619 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| [Watford 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023857) | 1,837 | 148.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Watford 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023858) | 1,994 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.1% |
| [Watford 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023878) | 2,133 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.8% |
| [Watford 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023880) | 2,239 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| [Watford 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023881) | 1,674 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Watford 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01035572) | 1,429 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.5% |
| [Watford 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01035573) | 1,596 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.9% |
| [Watford 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023886) | 2,909 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.6% |
| [Watford 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023887) | 1,793 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Watford 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023888) | 1,679 | 169.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| [Watford 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023889) | 1,847 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Watford 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023860) | 2,093 | 361.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.0% |
| [Watford 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023862) | 2,664 | 379.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.0% |
| [Watford 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01035574) | 1,297 | 188.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.5% |
| [Watford 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01035575) | 1,313 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.3% |
| [Watford 009G](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01035576) | 1,066 | 442.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.6% |
| [Watford 009H](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01035577) | 1,668 | 211.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.7% |
| [Watford 009I](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01035578) | 1,311 | 548.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 73.3% |
| [Watford 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023899) | 1,757 | 137.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| [Watford 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023900) | 1,897 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Watford 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023901) | 2,094 | 218.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Watford 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023902) | 1,742 | 80.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| [Watford 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023903) | 1,670 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Watford 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023863) | 1,827 | 96.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| [Watford 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023864) | 1,735 | 77.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Watford 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023865) | 1,995 | 94.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| [Watford 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023866) | 1,668 | 156.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.5% |
| [Watford 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01035579) | 1,833 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.2% |
| [Watford 011G](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01035580) | 1,238 | 87.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.5% |
| [Watford 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023882) | 1,659 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Watford 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023883) | 1,784 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| [Watford 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023884) | 1,963 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| [Watford 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/neighbourhood/e01023885) | 1,773 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/watford): Matt Turmaine (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Councils Watford sits in

[Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/watford), [Three Rivers](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers)

## Postcode districts covering Watford

[WD5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd5), [WD17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd17), [WD18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd18), [WD19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd19), [WD24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd24), [WD25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd25)

## Middle areas in Watford

[Carpenders Park](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/carpenders-park), [Cassiobury](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/cassiobury), [Central Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/central-watford), [Garston](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/garston), [Holywell](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/holywell), [Leavesden & Garston Manor](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/leavesden-and-garston-manor), [Leggatts](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/leggatts), [Nascot Wood](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/nascot-wood), [North Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/north-watford), [Oxhey](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/oxhey), [Oxhey Hall & Hayling](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/oxhey-hall-and-hayling), [South Oxhey](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers/south-oxhey), [Stanborough](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/stanborough), [Tudor](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/tudor), [West Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/west-watford), [Woodside & Leavesden Green](https://openindex.co.uk/watford/woodside-and-leavesden-green)

## Towns near Watford

[Abbots Langley and Kings Langley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abbots-langley-and-kings-langley), [Bushey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bushey), [Rickmansworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rickmansworth), [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow), [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon), [Chorleywood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chorleywood)

## Watford in brief

Watford is a town in Watford and Three Rivers, East of England.
About 137,901 people lived in Watford in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £435,000 in 2025 across 1,399 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 103.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Watford was £435,000 in 2025.
Watford had 131,336 usual residents at the census.
About 84% of people in Watford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Watford, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004690
- Constituency: [Watford †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/watford)
- Council: [Watford †](https://openindex.co.uk/watford)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 24.48 km²
- People, mid-2024: 137,901*
- Neighbourhoods: 74
- Output areas: 375

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Bushey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bushey), [Rickmansworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rickmansworth), [Abbots Langley and Kings Langley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abbots-langley-and-kings-langley), [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow), [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon), [Chorleywood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chorleywood)

## Latest updates for Watford

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004690

## How to cite

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