# HP21 Postcode district covering Aylesbury, Southcourt and Bedgrove, in Buckinghamshire. HP21 is a postcode district covering Aylesbury, Southcourt and Bedgrove, in Buckinghamshire. Median sale price £331,000 in 2025. Postcode district. Code HP21. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [HP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp) 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 HP21 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population) ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £331,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in HP21 was £331,000 in 2025. Joint 894th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp21#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 34,941** (2021). HP21 had 34,941 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 659th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp21#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 70%** (2022). About 70% of people in HP21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp21#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.4%** (January 2026). In HP21, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp21#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=HP21) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 70% of people in HP21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=HP21) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 433 homes were sold in HP21 in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=HP21) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for HP21. - [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=HP21) (Census 2021, England and Wales): HP21 had 34,941 usual residents at the census. ## How HP21 compares Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers. | Measure | HP21 | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £331,000 | 3rd cheapest | 24 postcode districts, HP · 2025 | | Population | 34,941 | 4th most populated | 24 postcode districts, HP · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 70% | 7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 24 postcode districts, HP · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 89.4% | 6th highest | 24 postcode districts, HP · Jan 2026 | ## Is HP21 safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HP21 at a rate of 66.4 per 1,000 people. That compares with 71.4 per 1,000 people across the HP postcode area. In August 2026 alone, 172 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HP21. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,143), other crime (461) and anti-social behaviour (230). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HP21 was 65.9 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 HP21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HP21 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in HP21 | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Buckinghamshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01032955) | 1,381 | 244.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 59.7% | | [Buckinghamshire 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017655) | 1,831 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% | | [Buckinghamshire 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017709) | 1,714 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.8% | | [Buckinghamshire 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017710) | 1,610 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% | | [Buckinghamshire 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017711) | 1,700 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.3% | | [Buckinghamshire 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017712) | 2,392 | 63.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 58.6% | | [Buckinghamshire 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017635) | 1,513 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.2% | | [Buckinghamshire 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017636) | 1,550 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Buckinghamshire 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017637) | 1,260 | 175.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.3% | | [Buckinghamshire 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017638) | 1,271 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% | | [Buckinghamshire 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017639) | 1,511 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Buckinghamshire 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017640) | 1,663 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Buckinghamshire 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017687) | 2,620 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 71.9% | | [Buckinghamshire 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017688) | 1,159 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% | | [Buckinghamshire 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017689) | 1,324 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Buckinghamshire 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017690) | 1,164 | 152.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.1% | | [Buckinghamshire 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017691) | 1,339 | 15.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% | | [Buckinghamshire 019F](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017692) | 1,556 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.9% | | [Buckinghamshire 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017721) | 1,684 | 90.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.7% | | [Buckinghamshire 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017722) | 1,453 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% | | [Buckinghamshire 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017723) | 1,341 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% | | [Buckinghamshire 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017724) | 1,487 | 160.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.0% | ## Your MP - [Aylesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/aylesbury): Laura Kyrke-Smith (Labour), MP since July 2024. 98% of the people here. - [Mid Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-buckinghamshire): Greg Smith (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 2.2% of the people here. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Middle areas in HP21 [Bedgrove & Walton](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/bedgrove-and-walton), [California & Southcourt](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/california-and-southcourt), [Mandeville & Elm Farm](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/mandeville-and-elm-farm), [Walton Court & Hawkslade](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/walton-court-and-hawkslade) ## Postcode sectors in HP21 [HP21 7 (225 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp21-7), [HP21 8 (247 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp21-8), [HP21 9 (253 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp21-9) ## Council [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) ## Towns in HP21 [Aylesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/aylesbury) ## Postcode districts next to HP21 [HP17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp17), [HP19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp19), [HP20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp20), [HP22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp22) ## Nearest rail stations [Aylesbury (1.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.8151,51.8139), [Stoke Mandeville (2.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.7841,51.7878), [Aylesbury Vale Parkway (4.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.8602,51.8312), [Little Kimble (5.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.8085,51.7522) ## More in the HP postcode area [All HP postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) ## HP21 in brief HP21 is a postcode district covering Aylesbury, Southcourt and Bedgrove, in Buckinghamshire. About 36,212 people lived in HP21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £331,000 in 2025 across 433 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in HP21 was £331,000 in 2025. HP21 had 34,941 usual residents at the census. About 70% of people in HP21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In HP21, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Postcode district - Code: HP21 - Postcode area: [HP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp) - Constituency: [Aylesbury †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/aylesbury) - Council: [Buckinghamshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) - Area: 7.89 km² - People, mid-2024: 36,212* - Neighbourhoods: 22 - Output areas: 106 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [HP22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp22), [HP20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp20), [HP17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp17), [HP19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp19) ## Latest updates for HP21 - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/HP21 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp21, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp21#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp21