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Old Amersham

Middle area

South east Buckinghamshire. 7,844 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 17 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Old Amersham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£696,000
269th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,573
4,282nd most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Old Amersham

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Old Amersham at a rate of 47.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.3 per 1,000 people across Buckinghamshire.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences128
Other crime92
Anti-social behaviour39
Shoplifting28
Criminal damage and arson25
Vehicle crime18
Burglary16
Drug offences12
Theft from the person6
Robbery5

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Old Amersham compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Old AmershamMiddle
Median sale price67 middle areas, Buckinghamshire · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Buckinghamshire67 areas from £225,000 to £1,260,000. The middle area is £475,000. Old Amersham is £696,000.
£696,00011th most expensive
Population67 middle areas, Buckinghamshire · 2021
Population: every middle area in Buckinghamshire67 areas from 5,558 to 14,108. The middle area is 8,121. Old Amersham is 7,573.
7,57331st least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares67 middle areas, Buckinghamshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Buckinghamshire67 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Old Amersham is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage67 middle areas, Buckinghamshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Buckinghamshire67 areas from 38.7% to 98.3%. The middle area is 86.1%. Old Amersham is 80.4%.
80.4%24th lowest

Is Old Amersham safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Old Amersham at a rate of 47.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.3 per 1,000 people across Buckinghamshire.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Old Amersham.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (128), other crime (92) and anti-social behaviour (39).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Buckinghamshire

These figures are published for the whole of Buckinghamshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Buckinghamshire and not Old Amersham alone. See Buckinghamshire

Average house price
£479,736
Up 1.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,290
81st highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
11.1×
Joint 31st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
11.9
47th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Old Amersham in brief

The median price paid for a home in Old Amersham was £696,000 in 2025.

Old Amersham had 7,573 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Old Amersham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Old Amersham, 80.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.