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Watford

Council2 towns and neighbourhoods

Typical price

£417,325

+6% on 5 years ago

Sales in the last year

1,140

September 2025 to August 2026 · prices +25% on 10 years ago

Sales take a few months to be recorded, so the latest months are still coming in and this figure will rise.

People

102,246

At the 2021 census

New-build homes sold

103

In 2025, 8% of the homes sold

Find a street in Watford

Type a street and tap it to see its sales.

Prices over time

The typical sale each year in Watford.

£0k£100k£200k£300k£400k 200020052010201520202025

By type of home

The typical price of each, over the last year.

Detached83 sold£901,000
Semi-detached181 sold£560,000
Terraced253 sold£422,500
Flat285 sold£266,000

The towns in Watford

Each town and neighbourhood with its typical price over the last two years, lowest typical price first.

Watford Heath22 sales£415,000
Watford2442 sales£434,475

Rising fastest

How much the typical price has changed in five years.

Risen most
Watford +7%
Watford Heath -10%

Streets

Streets of houses across the whole of Watford, from the last five years' sales.

The market

How many homes sold in Watford each year, and how many were new-build homes sold.

Homes sold in 2025

1,324

3% fewer than 2024. 6% below the ten-year average.

New-build homes sold in 2025

103

8% of the homes sold.

Whole years only: 2025 is the last full year, and nearly every sale in it has now been recorded. This year will show once it is over.

New-build homes sold counts only new homes sold to a buyer. Homes built for the council or a housing association, blocks built to rent out, and most shared ownership homes are not sold this way, so more homes are built each year than this shows.

05001,0001,5002,000 2016: 1,567 homes sold, 176 of them new builds 2016 2017: 1,350 homes sold, 54 of them new builds 2017 2018: 1,285 homes sold, 67 of them new builds 2018 2019: 1,306 homes sold, 119 of them new builds 2019 2020: 1,062 homes sold, 59 of them new builds 2020 2021: 1,865 homes sold, 194 of them new builds 2021 2022: 1,692 homes sold, 371 of them new builds 2022 2023: 1,271 homes sold, 303 of them new builds 2023 2024: 1,365 homes sold, 242 of them new builds 2024 2025: 1,324 homes sold, 103 of them new builds 2025

All homes sold New-build homes sold

Living in Watford

The best-known places, getting around and the council.

Who lives here

The people and homes of Watford, at the last census in 2021.

The people

102,246 people

Ages

Under 1823%
18 to 6465%
65 and over13%

Aged 16 and over

In work65%
Retired15%
Students7%

The homes

39,629 households

How they are held

Owned outright24%
Owned with a mortgage31%
Rented privately28%
Social housing16%
Shared ownership1%

2.6 people in a typical home. 28% live alone.

22% of households have no car.

Typical pay

£43,219 a year

Before tax, for someone living here working full time.

Full-fibre broadband

93% of homes

can get gigabit broadband.

Crime

116 a year for every 1,000 people

Up 4% on the year before, the twelve months September 2025 to August 2026.

Schools

Rated Outstanding or Good at their latest one-word Ofsted grade, given in the last five years. Ofsted stopped giving one-word grades in September 2024.

Primary

Holy Rood Catholic Primary SchoolWatford · 454 pupilsOutstanding2023
Nascot Wood Junior SchoolWatford · 240 pupilsOutstanding2023
Ascot Road Primary SchoolWatford · 391 pupilsGood2024
Bushey and Oxhey Infant SchoolWatford · 176 pupilsGood2024
Knutsford Primary AcademyWatford · 438 pupilsGood2023

Secondary

Parmiter's SchoolWatford · 1,496 pupilsOutstanding2024
Watford Grammar School for GirlsWatford · 1,427 pupilsOutstanding2024

Council tax

What each band costs in Watford, 2026 to 2027.

A£1,631 a year£136 a month
B£1,903 a year£159 a month
C£2,175 a year£181 a month
D£2,447 a year£204 a month
E£2,990 a year£249 a month
F£3,534 a year£294 a month
G£4,078 a year£340 a month
H£4,893 a year£408 a month