High Wycombe
TownTown in Buckinghamshire, South East.
High Wycombe is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How High Wycombe compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is High Wycombe safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in High Wycombe at a rate of 94.0 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, 708 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in High Wycombe.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,091), other crime (1,595) and anti-social behaviour (972).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in High Wycombe was 102.2 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 High Wycombe, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so High Wycombe has no single figure. Of its 47 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 High Wycombe
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire 038A | 1,486 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.3% |
| Buckinghamshire 038B | 2,474 | 80.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 038C | 1,719 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.2% |
| Buckinghamshire 038D | 1,461 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Buckinghamshire 038G | 1,754 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Buckinghamshire 040A | 1,349 | 77.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 041A | 1,513 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 041B | 1,759 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.1% |
| Buckinghamshire 041C | 2,404 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 041D | 1,682 | 95.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.8% |
| Buckinghamshire 041E | 1,609 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.2% |
| Buckinghamshire 042A | 1,441 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.2% |
| Buckinghamshire 042B | 1,727 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.2% |
| Buckinghamshire 042C | 2,581 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Buckinghamshire 042D | 1,358 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.4% |
| Buckinghamshire 043A | 2,099 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 043B | 1,453 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 043C | 1,738 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 043D | 1,478 | 63.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 044A | 1,706 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 044B | 1,507 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 044C | 2,137 | 119.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.2% |
| Buckinghamshire 044D | 1,401 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 045C | 1,607 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 75.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 046A | 1,749 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Buckinghamshire 046B | 1,972 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.4% |
| Buckinghamshire 046C | 2,300 | 142.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.0% |
| Buckinghamshire 046D | 1,939 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Buckinghamshire 046E | 1,815 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Buckinghamshire 048A | 1,738 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Buckinghamshire 048B | 1,188 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.8% |
| Buckinghamshire 048C | 1,217 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Buckinghamshire 048D | 1,618 | 108.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Buckinghamshire 049A | 1,728 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 70.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 049B | 2,557 | 366.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 47.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 049C | 1,651 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.7% |
| Buckinghamshire 049D | 2,359 | 376.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 47.3% |
| Buckinghamshire 049E | 2,008 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.7% |
| Buckinghamshire 049F | 2,618 | 117.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| Buckinghamshire 051A | 2,550 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 62.3% |
| Buckinghamshire 051C | 1,781 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.2% |
| Buckinghamshire 051D | 1,247 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 76.8% |
| Buckinghamshire 051E | 1,378 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 051F | 1,379 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 052A | 1,576 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 052B | 1,767 | 120.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Buckinghamshire 052C | 1,641 | 261.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.7% |
Your MP
- Emma ReynoldsLabourMP for Wycombe
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 High Wycombe3
Middle areas in High Wycombe10
Towns near High Wycombe6
High Wycombe in brief
High Wycombe is a town in Buckinghamshire, South East.
About 89,336 people lived in High Wycombe in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,000 in 2025 across 1,043 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in High Wycombe was £375,000 in 2025.
High Wycombe had 83,541 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in High Wycombe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In High Wycombe, 85.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.