RAPHAEL DRIVE, WD24 4GU House Prices & Local Information

WD24 4GU is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Raphael Drive, 0.8km from Bushey Hall in Watford (Watford). Administratively it sits within Central ward and the Watford constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, WD24 4GU is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. By day, the area transitions to a self-employed tradespeople in multicultural metro suburbs character: ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. With residents averaging 35 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 57% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 43% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Watford.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 43 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £210k. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for WD24 4GU are sourced from Output Area E00121181 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.