Crap Towns / Hemel Hempstead / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hemel Hempstead?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Hemel Hempstead couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 231 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 231 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 422 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 41,185 | 93.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Redbourn | 7.0 km | 2.5 |
| Bovingdon | 5.8 km | 2.3 |
| Abbots Langley and Kings Langley | 5.2 km | 2.1 |
| Berkhamsted | 7.6 km | 1.6 |
| Little Chalfont | 11.8 km | 1.2 |
| Hemel Hempstead | – | 1.0 |
| Harpenden | 10.7 km | 0.7 |
| Chesham | 10.9 km | 0.7 |
| St Albans | 9.9 km | 0.5 |
| Chorleywood | 11.6 km | 0.2 |
| Chiswell Green | 8.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |