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HP17

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Haddenham, Fort End and Church End, in Buckinghamshire.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an HP17 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In HP17, 80.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£530,000
229th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
11,325
796th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How HP17 compares

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

HP17Middle
Median sale price24 postcode districts, HP · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in HP24 areas from £295,000 to £990,000. The middle area is £481,938. HP17 is £530,000.
£530,00010th most expensive
Population24 postcode districts, HP · 2021
Population: every postcode district in HP24 areas from 6,767 to 45,502. The middle area is 18,862. HP17 is 11,325.
11,3252nd least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, HP · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in HP24 areas from 62.3% to 94.1%. The middle area is 80.9%. HP17 is 80.6%.
80.6%12th lowest
Claimant rate24 postcode districts, HP · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in HP24 areas from 1.5% to 5.4%. The middle area is 2.2%. HP17 is 2.1%.
2.1%joint 8th lowest

Is HP17 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HP17 at a rate of 40.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 71.4 per 1,000 people across HP.

In August 2026 alone, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HP17.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (194), other crime (120) and anti-social behaviour (42).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HP17 was 35.2 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in HP17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HP17 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in HP17

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Buckinghamshire 022A1,77835.2 per 1,0001097.1%
Buckinghamshire 022B1,45849.0 per 1,0001062.4%
Buckinghamshire 022C1,96526.8 per 1,000997.0%
Buckinghamshire 022D1,43249.2 per 1,000875.1%
Buckinghamshire 022E1,59836.6 per 1,000888.3%
Buckinghamshire 022F1,21944.3 per 1,000786.3%
Buckinghamshire 025B1,49642.0 per 1,000742.4%

MPs for HP17

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in HP171

Postcode sectors in HP173

Council1

Postcode districts next to HP177

Nearest rail stations4

More in the HP postcode area2

HP17 in brief

HP17 is a postcode district covering Haddenham, Fort End and Church End, in Buckinghamshire.

About 12,272 people lived in HP17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £530,000 in 2025 across 242 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in HP17 was £530,000 in 2025.

HP17 had 11,325 usual residents at the census.

In HP17, 80.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In HP17, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.