Buckinghamshire: house prices, crime and schools
Local authority in South East · 334 neighbourhoods
Homes here sell for a typical £4,900 per m², down 1.1% in a year. Police record 54.6 crimes per 1,000 people a year (South East 68.2), and there are 221 state schools.
Close to South East's middle on most measures.
Is Buckinghamshire a good place to live?
Safer than 66% of South East's councils, prices down 1.1% in a year, 221 state schools (17 Outstanding), and a 31-minute typical walk to a station.
- Crime
- 54.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a yearsafer than 66% of South East's councils
- Prices
- £4,900 per m², down 1.1% in a yearpricier than 74% of South East's councils
- Schools
- 221 state schools, 17 Outstandingprimaries nearby weaker than in 56% of South East's councils
- Green space
- Not published outside London yet
- Commute
- 31 min walk to a stationtypical walk from homes here · a longer walk than 70% of South East's councils
Ranks among South East's councils. Crime: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026. Prices: HM Land Registry to August 2026, area price bands, never a home's value. Schools: DfE GIAS, Ofsted. Stations: walks along OpenStreetMap paths. How this is worked out
Areas
67 areasAgainst South East: to the right is safer, better schools, pricier. The tick is South East's middle.
- Marlow West & North · SL76 neighbourhoods£7,000 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Amersham-on-the-Hill & Chesham Bois · HP66 neighbourhoods£6,820 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Old Amersham · HP75 neighbourhoods£6,690 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Beaconsfield Town · HP97 neighbourhoods£6,610 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Marlow East · SL74 neighbourhoods£6,430 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Little Chalfont · HP64 neighbourhoods£6,220 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Chalfont St Giles, Seer Green & Jordans · HP84 neighbourhoods£6,200 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End · SL74 neighbourhoods£6,180 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Gerrards Cross · SL95 neighbourhoods£6,000 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Bourne End · SL84 neighbourhoods£5,920 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Chalfont St Peter West · SL93 neighbourhoods£5,900 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Loudwater & Wooburn Green · HP104 neighbourhoods£5,830 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Chalfont Common & St Peter East · SL95 neighbourhoods£5,820 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Denham · UB94 neighbourhoods£5,690 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Knotty Green & Holmer Green · HP156 neighbourhoods£5,570 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Wendover · HP226 neighbourhoods£5,570 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Iver & Richings Park · SL06 neighbourhoods£5,560 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Farnham & Hedgerley · SL24 neighbourhoods£5,530 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Hyde Heath, Bellingdon & Latimer · HP54 neighbourhoods£5,510 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Tylers Green · HP104 neighbourhoods£5,510 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Flackwell Heath · HP104 neighbourhoods£5,500 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Stoke Poges & George Green · SL25 neighbourhoods£5,500 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Chesham West · HP56 neighbourhoods£5,480 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Chesham East · HP54 neighbourhoods£5,460 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Great Missenden & Prestwood · HP166 neighbourhoods£5,370 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Longwick, Kimble & Lacey Green · HP274 neighbourhoods£5,210 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Chesham South · HP54 neighbourhoods£5,170 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Burham North, Taplow & Dorney · SL14 neighbourhoods£5,170 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Hazlemere · HP156 neighbourhoods£5,130 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Burnham South · SL15 neighbourhoods£5,110 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Walter's Ash & Hughenden Valley · HP146 neighbourhoods£5,110 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Princes Risborough · HP275 neighbourhoods£5,070 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Worminghall, Long Crendon & Cuddington · HP184 neighbourhoods£5,010 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Bledlow, Cadmore End & Hambleden Valley · RG95 neighbourhoods£5,000 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Stokenchurch · HP144 neighbourhoods£4,940 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Cheddington, Pitstone & Edlesborough · LU76 neighbourhoods£4,830 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Totteridge · HP134 neighbourhoods£4,830 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Stoke Mandeville & Aston Clinton · HP227 neighbourhoods£4,810 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Terriers & Amersham Hill · HP135 neighbourhoods£4,780 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Haddenham, Dinton & Stone · HP176 neighbourhoods£4,740 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Walton Court & Hawkslade · HP214 neighbourhoods£4,720 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Lane End & Booker · HP125 neighbourhoods£4,690 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Fairford Leys · HP196 neighbourhoods£4,670 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Downley · HP137 neighbourhoods£4,660 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Wing, Wingrave & Bierton · HP227 neighbourhoods£4,650 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Bowerdean · HP134 neighbourhoods£4,580 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Watermead & Elmhurst · HP204 neighbourhoods£4,550 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Victoria Park · HP204 neighbourhoods£4,530 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Bedgrove & Walton · HP216 neighbourhoods£4,470 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Mandeville & Elm Farm · HP216 neighbourhoods£4,440 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Winslow & Padbury · MK184 neighbourhoods£4,430 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Town Centre & Marlow Hill · HP116 neighbourhoods£4,430 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Ryemead & Wycombe Marsh · HP116 neighbourhoods£4,380 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Oakley, Brill & Edgcott · HP184 neighbourhoods£4,350 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Sands · HP124 neighbourhoods£4,330 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Waddesdon & Whitchurch · HP227 neighbourhoods£4,260 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Newton Longville & Great Horwood · MK174 neighbourhoods£4,220 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Granborough, Stewkley & Great Brickhill · MK174 neighbourhoods£4,210 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Micklefield · HP134 neighbourhoods£4,190 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Buckingham North · MK184 neighbourhoods£4,110 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Buckingham South, Maids Moreton & Akeley · MK186 neighbourhoods£4,050 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Berryfields & Haydon Hill · HP189 neighbourhoods£3,980 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Gatehouse · HP194 neighbourhoods£3,950 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Marsh Gibbon, Steeple Claydon & Tingewick · MK186 neighbourhoods£3,900 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Oakridge & Castlefield · HP125 neighbourhoods£3,890 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Aylesbury Central · HP205 neighbourhoods£3,570 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- California & Southcourt · HP214 neighbourhoods£3,470 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Per m²
- £4,900 per m² · typical South East neighbourhood £4,400
- By type
- Flat £253k · Terraced £376k · Semi £460k · Detached £707k
- 1-year change
- −1.1%
- Neighbourhoods
- 334
Sources
HM Land Registry sales: the middle of the council's neighbourhoods' prices per m², beside the middle of South East's, and typical prices by type from the area price bands. Area figures only, never a home's value.
- Crime
- 54.6 per 1,000 a year · South East 68.2
- Among councils
- Safer than 66%
Sources
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents a year (police.uk), the council's own figure; South East pools every council's crimes and residents.
Schools
221 state schools- Primary
- 184
- Secondary
- 37
- Outstanding
- 17
- Primaries nearby
- Stronger than in 44% of councils
Sources
State primaries and secondaries inside its boundary (DfE GIAS, Ofsted). The standing is each neighbourhood's best primary within 1 km, among South East's primaries.
- Station walk
- 31 min median · typical walk
Sources
The typical (middle) neighbourhood's walk to a station; protected cycle lanes and Cycleways inside the council.
Green & quiet
On map- Noise
- 26% over 55 dB
Sources
The typical (middle) neighbourhood: green space, the share of homes at 55 dB or more from road or rail, and air where it is published.
People
Census 2021- Household income
- £70,000 a year · typical South East neighbourhood £62,000
- Social renting
- 9% of homes · typical South East neighbourhood 9%
- Most-deprived fifth
- 1% of its neighbourhoods
- Least-deprived fifth
- 37% of its neighbourhoods
Sources
Income (ONS) and social renting (Census 2021) beside the middle of South East's neighbourhoods. Deprivation is the official Index of Multiple Deprivation for each neighbourhood, not its people: the share of the council's neighbourhoods in England's most and least deprived fifths.
Living costs
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Questions people ask about Buckinghamshire
Is Buckinghamshire safe?
Police recorded about 54.6 crimes for every 1,000 residents in the 12 months to August 2026; safer than 66% of South East's councils. Figures run high in busy centres where few people live, so visit at different times of day.
How much do homes cost in Buckinghamshire?
Homes sold for a typical £4,900 per m² in the year to August 2026, down 1.1% in a year; pricier than 74% of South East's councils. These are area price bands from recorded sales, never a home's value.
How many schools are there in Buckinghamshire?
221 state schools, 17 Outstanding; primaries nearby weaker than in 56% of South East's councils. Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place, so check each school's admissions rules.
How far is Buckinghamshire from a station?
A 31-minute typical walk to a station from the typical home; a longer walk than 70% of South East's councils. Walks are timed along mapped paths, not in a straight line.
Is Buckinghamshire a deprived area?
1% of Buckinghamshire's 334 neighbourhoods are among the most deprived fifth in England, and 37% among the least deprived fifth, on the official Index of Multiple Deprivation. It combines income, jobs, health, education, crime, housing and living environment.