HP6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Amersham, Chesham Bois and Little Chalfont, 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 HP6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HP6, 85.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HP6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HP6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HP6 at a rate of 46.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.4 per 1,000 people across HP.
In August 2026 alone, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HP6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (274), other crime (146) and anti-social behaviour (79).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HP6 was 46.2 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 HP6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HP6 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HP6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire 029D | 1,323 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.7% |
| Buckinghamshire 032A | 1,687 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
| Buckinghamshire 032B | 1,755 | 89.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 63.3% |
| Buckinghamshire 032C | 1,956 | 51.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.4% |
| Buckinghamshire 032D | 1,784 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 79.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 032E | 1,674 | 21.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Buckinghamshire 032F | 1,703 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.4% |
| Buckinghamshire 035B | 1,683 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.7% |
| Buckinghamshire 035D | 1,803 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.0% |
MPs for HP6
- Sarah GreenLiberal DemocratMP for Chesham and Amersham94% of HP6’s postcodes
- Greg SmithConservativeMP for Mid Buckinghamshire6.1% of HP6’s postcodes
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 HP62
Postcode sectors in HP63
Council1
Towns in HP61
Postcode districts next to HP65
Nearest rail stations4
More in the HP postcode area2
HP6 in brief
HP6 is a postcode district covering Amersham, Chesham Bois and Little Chalfont, in Buckinghamshire.
About 15,161 people lived in HP6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £780,000 in 2025 across 203 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HP6 was £780,000 in 2025.
HP6 had 14,727 usual residents at the census.
In HP6, 85.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HP6, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.