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Beaconsfield

Ward

South east Buckinghamshire. About 12,826 people in 20 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 69% of people in Beaconsfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,235
Joint 1,516th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
69%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
78.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Beaconsfield compares

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

BeaconsfieldMiddle
Population49 wards, Buckinghamshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Buckinghamshire49 areas from 4,714 to 18,240. The middle area is 11,680. Beaconsfield is 12,235.
12,23519th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares49 wards, Buckinghamshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Buckinghamshire49 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 91.0%. Beaconsfield is 69.0%.
69%20th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage49 wards, Buckinghamshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Buckinghamshire49 areas from 27.8% to 97.7%. The middle area is 84.6%. Beaconsfield is 78.6%.
78.6%14th lowest
Claimant rate49 wards, Buckinghamshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Buckinghamshire49 areas from 1.1% to 7.6%. The middle area is 2.6%. Beaconsfield is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 13th lowest

Is Beaconsfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Beaconsfield at a rate of 75.8 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, 101 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Beaconsfield.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (278), other crime (169) and shoplifting (113).

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 ward, so they describe all of Buckinghamshire and not Beaconsfield 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
Beaconsfield in brief

Beaconsfield had 12,235 usual residents at the census.

About 69% of people in Beaconsfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Beaconsfield, 78.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Beaconsfield, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.