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South west Watford. About 8,928 people in 4.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 90% of people in Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,638
3,087th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
90%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Park compares

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

ParkMiddle
Population12 wards, Watford · 2021
Population: every ward in Watford12 areas from 7,117 to 10,470. The middle area is 8,517. Park is 8,638.
8,6386th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares12 wards, Watford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Watford12 areas from 62.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Park is 90.0%.
90%4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage12 wards, Watford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Watford12 areas from 85.6% to 99.4%. The middle area is 96.5%. Park is 97.8%.
97.8%3rd highest
Claimant rate12 wards, Watford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Watford12 areas from 2.2% to 6.2%. The middle area is 4.6%. Park is 2.2%.
2.2%lowest

Is Park safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Park at a rate of 72.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 110.3 per 1,000 people across Watford.

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

In August 2026 alone, 62 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Park.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (185), other crime (149) and anti-social behaviour (112).

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 Watford

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

Average house price
£404,299
Down 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,219
83rd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.4×
Joint 71st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
16.3
Joint 116th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Park in brief

Park had 8,638 usual residents at the census.

About 90% of people in Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Park, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Park, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.