Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 5,850 residents and lies in Hertfordshire, East of England.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. On health it is strong: life expectancy is 82.9 for men and 86.8 for women. What counts against it is cost of living (D): a typical home costs £1,250,000 and rent runs £1,826 a month. All told, that adds up to an A+ overall and a rank of #1 of 50 in Hertfordshire. That leaves it better than almost every UK town.
Figures: life expectancy, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Moor Park does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Moor Park is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Moor Park’s built-up area, and 1 scheduled monument.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Moor Park. Best known first.
MuseumMuseum of Watford2.9 km outside town, to the north
Historic houseThe Grove4.5 km outside town, to the north
MuseumHeath Robinson Museum2.6 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumBushey Museum3.7 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumHarrow Museum4 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseHeadstone Manor4 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moor Park.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.2% of the town. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, above both Hertfordshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). Residents of Moor Park have a median age of 45.5.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Moor Park | Hertfordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 7.1% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 1.6% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 64% | 39% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Hertfordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the 29 primary schools within 3 km: 69% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its only school is listed below. Secondary results at the 9 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 55.5, with 64% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbury Farm Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 346 | B |
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 2.7% of the town; what’s more, at the census, 11% of people here had a disability, below both Hertfordshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (17%). Asked at the census, 88% of residents of Moor Park said they were in good or very good health. The town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 0.8 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Moor Park | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 88% | 85% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.7% | 3.8% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 11% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 53% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
17% of commuters who live in Moor Park also work there. Unemployment benefit claims came to 1.1% of 16 to 64s in 2026, lower than both Hertfordshire’s towns (2.1%) and England’s towns (2.3%). At the census, a third of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 57% of recorded crime. Violent crime ran at 10.2 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Hertfordshire’s towns (21.3) and England’s towns (22). Moor Park logged 115 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 16 complaints of anti-social conduct. Homes see 8.5 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Social housing holds 1% of households. 23% rent privately, above both Hertfordshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (21%). No town in Hertfordshire costs more to buy into than Moor Park, at £1,250,000, the highest of 50.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £1,520,000 | 100 |
| Semi-detached | £925,000 | 5 |
| Flat or maisonette | £585,000 | 43 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Its heritage register entries (18 listed buildings) are all Grade II. Before 1919: that is when 4% of homes were built. One scheduled monument lies in Moor Park.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
18 listed buildings in Moor Park.
Merchant Taylors School: Photo: Merchant Taylors' School · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ye Old Greene Manne Public House: Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moor Park | 5,850 | — | A+ | D | A | A+ |
| Rickmansworth | 26,290 | 2.2 | A | C− | B− | A− |
| Watford | 131,336 | 2.9 | B− | C− | C− | C+ |
| Bushey | 28,427 | 3.2 | B+ | C− | C+ | A− |
| Chorleywood | 12,632 | 3.9 | A+ | D | B+ | A |
| Maple Cross | 2,580 | 3.9 | C | C | C− | C− |
| Harrow | 260,534 | 4.3 | B+ | C | C+ | B− |
| Denham | 1,482 | 5.1 | — | C | C | B− |
Denham has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £1,250,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £585,000, semi-detached houses £925,000 and detached houses £1,520,000.
At the 2021 Census, 9.2% of Moor Park’s 5,850 residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
GCSE results beat 94% of towns in England, and primary results beat 84% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Hertfordshire council.
Town in Hertfordshire, England
Moor Park is a built-up area of 5,850 people, in the Three Rivers council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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