SL8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bourne End, Cores End and Well 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 SL8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SL8, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SL8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SL8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SL8 at a rate of 39.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.9 per 1,000 people across SL.
In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SL8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (116), other crime (66) and criminal damage and arson (23).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SL8 was 38.5 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 SL8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SL8 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- 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 SL8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire 057A | 1,462 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 61.8% |
| Buckinghamshire 060A | 1,531 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.8% |
| Buckinghamshire 060B | 1,664 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.2% |
| Buckinghamshire 060C | 1,264 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 060D | 1,471 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 69.7% |
MPs for SL8
- Joy MorrisseyConservativeMP for Beaconsfield100% of SL8’s postcodes
- Mr Joshua ReynoldsLiberal DemocratMP for Maidenhead0.4% of SL8’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 SL81
Postcode sectors in SL81
Council1
Postcode districts next to SL83
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SL postcode area2
SL8 in brief
SL8 is a postcode district covering Bourne End, Cores End and Well End, in Buckinghamshire.
About 6,942 people lived in SL8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £561,250 in 2025 across 140 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 39.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SL8 was £561,250 in 2025.
SL8 had 6,817 usual residents at the census.
In SL8, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SL8, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.