Grovehill

Dacorum · East of England · population 7,744 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,502 of 6,856 in England
  • #605 of 746 in East of England
  • #21 of 22 in Dacorum
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,785
Median age (est.)39
Density4,415per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above25%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 34%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 14%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 14%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Professional 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Professional13%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 7%Black: 7%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 81%Asian 7%Black 7%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 39% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 21%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Grovehill is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,502 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 22 in Dacorum. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (86) but weak on Education (19). Typical homes here sold for about £362,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 61 sales), 20% below the wider Dacorum median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,821 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 61 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 25 · #5,119
Employment 33 · #4,570
Education 19 · #5,523
Health 42 · #3,995
Crime 39 · #4,180
Housing & access 40 · #4,125
Living environment 86 · #978

House prices ?

£362,000median (12m) · +3.4% yr · n=61
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£362,00061+3.4%+15.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£390,0005-6.0%+18.2%
Terraced£365,00040+4.3%+16.8%
Flat£175,00013-12.1%-7.9%
This area£362,000
Dacorum£450,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£40,821±£5,773 · #3,168 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,452
Price-to-income ?8.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

61 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 473 offences
Dacorum69
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,939 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences223
Theft63
Burglary40
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons33
Drugs21
Robbery10
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 189 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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