Placetrics
City · South East

Living in Buckinghamshire

67 neighbourhoods · 334 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
2.1× safer
2.1× safer than nat. · 48.2 / 1k / yr · #62 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
66 min
#148 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.43
#148 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,467/mo
+4.7% YoY · #245 of 314 cities
Council tax
£239/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Buckinghamshire

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

67 neighbourhoods · 334 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Aylesbury Central£1,065+4.7%8013
Watermead & Elmhurst£1,076+4.7%7760
Gatehouse£1,081+4.7%8461
California & Southcourt£1,112+4.7%9459
Victoria Park£1,125+4.7%8578
Oakridge & Castlefield£1,130+4.7%4552
Mandeville & Elm Farm£1,133+4.7%9686
Fairford Leys£1,135+4.7%7976
Berryfields & Haydon Hill£1,135+4.7%7879
Ryemead & Wycombe Marsh£1,162+4.7%1060
Buckingham North£1,175+4.7%6188
Bowerdean£1,212+4.7%5169
Walton Court & Hawkslade£1,213+4.7%8053
Totteridge£1,220+4.7%4482
Terriers & Amersham Hill£1,223+4.7%6391
Micklefield£1,248+4.7%448
Buckingham South, Maids Moreton & Akeley£1,250+4.7%995
Sands£1,281+4.7%2457
Winslow & Padbury£1,294+4.7%1585
Downley£1,297+4.7%2877
Waddesdon & Whitchurch£1,304+4.7%3490
Wing, Wingrave & Bierton£1,306+4.7%1181
Oakley, Brill & Edgcott£1,321+4.7%793
Bedgrove & Walton£1,322+4.7%7280
Town Centre & Marlow Hill£1,327+4.7%4968
Newton Longville & Great Horwood£1,329+4.7%1595
Marsh Gibbon, Steeple Claydon & Tingewick£1,360+4.7%1487
Chesham South£1,367+4.7%1857
Chesham West£1,374+4.7%1460
Stokenchurch£1,378+4.7%2485
Chesham East£1,384+4.7%4693
Lane End & Booker£1,397+4.7%1463
Cheddington, Pitstone & Edlesborough£1,401+4.7%988
Granborough, Stewkley & Great Brickhill£1,404+4.7%587
Haddenham, Dinton & Stone£1,444+4.7%4293
Loudwater & Wooburn Green£1,448+4.7%3680
Wendover£1,453+4.7%6289
Princes Risborough£1,467+4.7%7278
Burnham South£1,479+4.7%773
Stoke Mandeville & Aston Clinton£1,507+4.7%4277
Hazlemere£1,510+4.7%2992
Flackwell Heath£1,519+4.7%3390
Iver & Richings Park£1,540+4.7%1679
Worminghall, Long Crendon & Cuddington£1,541+4.7%3196
Bourne End£1,554+4.7%5495
Stoke Poges & George Green£1,601+4.7%1461
Tylers Green£1,607+4.7%2098
Marlow East£1,621+4.7%4877
Bledlow, Cadmore End & Hambleden Valley£1,624+4.7%2097
Burham North, Taplow & Dorney£1,632+4.7%574
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Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Buckinghamshire

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Buckinghamshire. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Aylesbury Central£1,065/mo
  2. 2.Watermead & Elmhurst£1,076/mo
  3. 3.Gatehouse£1,081/mo
  4. 4.California & Southcourt£1,112/mo
  5. 5.Victoria Park£1,125/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Mandeville & Elm Farm96/100
  2. 2.California & Southcourt94/100
  3. 3.Victoria Park85/100
  4. 4.Gatehouse84/100
  5. 5.Walton Court & Hawkslade80/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Buckinghamshire.

Avg rent
£1,467/mo
#245 of 314 cities
Sale price
£470,000
-0.8% YoY
Yrs to deposit
6.7 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£1,029/mo
2 bed£1,303/mo
3 bed£1,592/mo
4 bed£2,352/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£854,915
Semi-detached£471,668
Terraced£378,581
Flat£236,095
Affordability
Price-to-earnings13.3×
Rent / take-home49%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,864/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£2,512/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Buckinghamshire

Crime in Buckinghamshire runs at 2.1× safer than the national average. Top quartile (#62 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 48.2, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
48.2
#62 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
20.5
Anti-social behaviour
5.3
Other theft
4.5
Criminal damage & arson
4.1
Public order
3.3
Vehicle crime
3.1
Shoplifting
2.9
Burglary
2.1
Drugs
1.9
Other crime
1.4
Robbery
1.0
Possession of weapons
0.7
Bicycle theft
0.7
Theft from the person
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in Buckinghamshire
by safety score (higher = safer)
Tylers Green98/100
Bledlow, Cadmore End & Hambleden Valley97/100
Worminghall, Long Crendon & Cuddington96/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Buckinghamshire

100% of schools serving Buckinghamshire are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
29%
#234 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Buckinghamshire
by school score
Marlow West & North99/100
Bedgrove & Walton98/100
Marlow East97/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Buckinghamshire

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

To London
66 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
120 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
127 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
66 min
Birmingham
120 min
Bristol
127 min
Cardiff
152 min
Manchester
179 min
Liverpool
189 min
Leeds
201 min
Sheffield
202 min
Edinburgh
325 min
Glasgow
345 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car48%Public3%Active5%WFH42%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Buckinghamshire
by transport score
Aylesbury Central97/100
California & Southcourt96/100
Marlow East93/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire has 0.43 jobs per resident locally. Above median

Jobs per resident
0.43
#148 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
-3.4%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs7 min
PT — 100 jobs8 min
Drive — 500 jobs7 min
PT — 500 jobs11 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs15 min
PT — 5,000 jobs31 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
26.1%
Health & social care
12.8%
Education
9.6%
Professional & business svcs
9.3%
Manufacturing
6.7%
Construction
6.3%
Tech & ICT
5.9%
Finance & insurance
1.5%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Buckinghamshire

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Buckinghamshire?
The median monthly rent across Buckinghamshire is £1,467, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Buckinghamshire?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Buckinghamshire by estimated median rent is Aylesbury Central at approximately £1,065/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Buckinghamshire?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Buckinghamshire is Mandeville & Elm Farm at 96/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Buckinghamshire a safe area?
Buckinghamshire has an average safety score of 76/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Buckinghamshire?
The most common council tax band in Buckinghamshire is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £2,139. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Buckinghamshire.
What is the average salary in Buckinghamshire?
The median annual resident salary in Buckinghamshire is £35,937, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Buckinghamshire, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Buckinghamshire?
The average property price in Buckinghamshire is approximately £479,409 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Buckinghamshire?
Gross rental yield in Buckinghamshire is approximately 3.3% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Buckinghamshire?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 6.7 years in Buckinghamshire. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Buckinghamshire?
100% of premises in Buckinghamshire are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Buckinghamshire?
3.1% of 16-64 residents in Buckinghamshire are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Buckinghamshire?
Buckinghamshire contains 67 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 334 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Buckinghamshire

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.

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