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Sands

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South Buckinghamshire. About 6,743 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Population
6,408
Joint 3,913th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Sands compares

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

SandsMiddle
Population49 wards, Buckinghamshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Buckinghamshire49 areas from 4,714 to 18,240. The middle area is 11,680. Sands is 6,408.
6,40811th least 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%. Sands is 100.0%.
100%joint most 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%. Sands is 96.3%.
96.3%2nd highest
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%. Sands is 4.6%.
4.6%joint 8th highest

Is Sands safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sands at a rate of 85.9 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, 43 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sands.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (232), other crime (109) and anti-social behaviour (98).

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 Sands 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
Sands in brief

Sands had 6,408 usual residents at the census.

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

In Sands, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Sands, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.