# Buntingford Town in East Hertfordshire, East of England. Buntingford is a town in East Hertfordshire, East of England. Median sale price £432,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 70.9 per 1,000 people. About 8,316 people. Town. Code E63004029. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire) Buntingford is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Buntingford add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £432,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Buntingford was £432,500 in 2025. 145th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/buntingford#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 7,877** (2021). Buntingford had 7,877 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 47th least populated of 1,209. 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/town/buntingford#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 96%** (2022). About 96% of people in Buntingford 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/town/buntingford#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.6%** (January 2026). In Buntingford, 93.6% 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/town/buntingford#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004029) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 96% of people in Buntingford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63004029) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 115 homes were sold in Buntingford in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004029) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Buntingford. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004029) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Buntingford had 7,877 usual residents at the census. ## How Buntingford compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Buntingford | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £432,500 | 30th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 | | Population | 7,877 | 8th least populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 96% | joint 7th most people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.6% | joint 50th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 | ## Is Buntingford safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Buntingford at a rate of 70.9 per 1,000 people. That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 54 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Buntingford. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (226), anti-social behaviour (164) and criminal damage and arson (53). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Buntingford was 61.6 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 Buntingford, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Buntingford has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Buntingford | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [East Hertfordshire 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023465) | 1,633 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% | | [East Hertfordshire 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023466) | 2,140 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% | | [East Hertfordshire 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035587) | 1,752 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.6% | | [East Hertfordshire 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035588) | 1,291 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% | | [East Hertfordshire 001G](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035589) | 1,116 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% | ## Your MP - [North East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-east-hertfordshire): Chris Hinchliff (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire) ## Postcode districts covering Buntingford [SG9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg9) ## Middle areas in Buntingford [Buntingford & Great Hormead](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/buntingford-and-great-hormead) ## Towns near Buntingford [Royston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royston-north-hertfordshire), [Stevenage](https://openindex.co.uk/stevenage), [Baldock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baldock), [Letchworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/letchworth), [Bishop's Stortford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford), [Ware](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ware) ## Buntingford in brief Buntingford is a town in East Hertfordshire, East of England. About 8,316 people lived in Buntingford in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £432,500 in 2025 across 115 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Buntingford was £432,500 in 2025. Buntingford had 7,877 usual residents at the census. About 96% of people in Buntingford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Buntingford, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004029 - Constituency: [North East Hertfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-east-hertfordshire) - Council: [East Hertfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire) - Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 1.98 km² - People, mid-2024: 8,316* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 22 * 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Royston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royston-north-hertfordshire), [Stevenage](https://openindex.co.uk/stevenage), [Baldock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baldock), [Letchworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/letchworth), [Bishop's Stortford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford), [Ware](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ware) ## Latest updates for Buntingford - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004029 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/buntingford, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/buntingford#f-house-sales-median-price. 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