HP27
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Princes Risborough and Longwick, 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 HP27 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HP27, 77.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HP27 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HP27 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HP27 at a rate of 37.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.4 per 1,000 people across HP.
In August 2026 alone, 57 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HP27.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (218), other crime (98) and anti-social behaviour (70).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HP27 was 45.9 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 HP27, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HP27 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HP27
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire 025A | 2,142 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 67.7% |
| Buckinghamshire 025C | 1,135 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 68.3% |
| Buckinghamshire 025D | 1,535 | 7.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.8% |
| Buckinghamshire 026A | 1,727 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 026B | 1,856 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.3% |
| Buckinghamshire 026C | 1,482 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 026D | 1,605 | 26.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 026E | 1,877 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.7% |
| Buckinghamshire 040D | 1,542 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 26.5% |
Your MP
- Greg SmithConservativeMP for Mid Buckinghamshire
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 HP272
Postcode sectors in HP273
Council1
Towns in HP271
Postcode districts next to HP275
Nearest rail stations3
More in the HP postcode area2
HP27 in brief
HP27 is a postcode district covering Princes Risborough and Longwick, in Buckinghamshire.
About 13,781 people lived in HP27 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £507,000 in 2025 across 223 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HP27 was £507,000 in 2025.
HP27 had 13,237 usual residents at the census.
In HP27, 77.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HP27, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.