Chalfont St Peter
TownTown in Buckinghamshire, South East.
Chalfont St Peter is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Chalfont St Peter 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Chalfont St Peter live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Chalfont St Peter compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Chalfont St Peter safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chalfont St Peter at a rate of 42.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chalfont St Peter.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (206), other crime (126) and anti-social behaviour (74).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Chalfont St Peter was 46.0 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 Chalfont St Peter, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Chalfont St Peter has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 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 Chalfont St Peter
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire 050A | 1,533 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| Buckinghamshire 050B | 1,990 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.0% |
| Buckinghamshire 050C | 1,497 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 050D | 1,184 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 050E | 1,358 | 11.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.2% |
| Buckinghamshire 054A | 2,141 | 26.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.8% |
| Buckinghamshire 054B | 1,300 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Buckinghamshire 054C | 2,379 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
Your MP
- Sarah GreenLiberal DemocratMP for Chesham and Amersham
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Chalfont St Peter1
Middle areas in Chalfont St Peter2
Towns near Chalfont St Peter6
Chalfont St Peter in brief
Chalfont St Peter is a town in Buckinghamshire, South East.
About 14,124 people lived in Chalfont St Peter in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £800,000 in 2025 across 207 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 42.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Chalfont St Peter was £800,000 in 2025.
Chalfont St Peter had 13,654 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Chalfont St Peter live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chalfont St Peter, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.