Chesham South
WardSouth east Buckinghamshire. About 13,023 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 18 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Chesham South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Chesham South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Chesham South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chesham South at a rate of 69.2 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, 91 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chesham South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (359), other crime (181) and anti-social behaviour (122).
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 Chesham South alone. See Buckinghamshire
Chesham South in brief
Chesham South had 12,340 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Chesham South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chesham South, 82.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Chesham South, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.