HP8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chalfont St Giles 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 HP8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HP8, 68.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HP8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HP8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HP8 at a rate of 36.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.4 per 1,000 people across HP.
In August 2026 alone, 20 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HP8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (90), other crime (43) and anti-social behaviour (35).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HP8 was 33.2 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 HP8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HP8 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 HP8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire 035A | 1,405 | 18.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 46.1% |
| Buckinghamshire 047A | 1,843 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 047B | 1,701 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.7% |
| Buckinghamshire 047C | 2,137 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.0% |
MPs for HP8
- Sarah GreenLiberal DemocratMP for Chesham and Amersham100% of HP8’s postcodes
- Mr Gagan MohindraConservativeMP for South West Hertfordshire0.5% of HP8’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 HP81
Postcode sectors in HP81
Council1
Postcode districts next to HP85
Nearest rail stations4
More in the HP postcode area2
HP8 in brief
HP8 is a postcode district covering Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont, in Buckinghamshire.
About 6,832 people lived in HP8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £795,000 in 2025 across 104 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 36.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HP8 was £795,000 in 2025.
HP8 had 6,767 usual residents at the census.
In HP8, 68.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HP8, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.