# Prestwood and Great Missenden Town in Buckinghamshire, South East. Prestwood and Great Missenden is a town in Buckinghamshire, South East. Median sale price £520,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 48.6 per 1,000 people. Town. Code E63004597. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) Prestwood and Great Missenden is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Prestwood and Great Missenden 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: £520,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Prestwood and Great Missenden was £520,000 in 2025. 71st 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/prestwood-and-great-missenden#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 7,600** (2021). Prestwood and Great Missenden had 7,600 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 17th 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/prestwood-and-great-missenden#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Prestwood and Great Missenden 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/prestwood-and-great-missenden#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.2%** (January 2026). In Prestwood and Great Missenden, 85.2% 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/prestwood-and-great-missenden#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004597) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Prestwood and Great Missenden 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=E63004597) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 123 homes were sold in Prestwood and Great Missenden in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004597) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Prestwood and Great Missenden. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004597) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Prestwood and Great Missenden had 7,600 usual residents at the census. ## How Prestwood and Great Missenden compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Prestwood and Great Missenden | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £520,000 | 36th most expensive | 209 towns, South East · 2025 | | Population | 7,600 | 3rd least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 85.2% | 55th lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Prestwood and Great Missenden safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Prestwood and Great Missenden at a rate of 48.6 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, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Prestwood and Great Missenden. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (129), other crime (70) and anti-social behaviour (46). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Prestwood and Great Missenden was 47.5 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 Prestwood and Great Missenden, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Prestwood and Great Missenden has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Prestwood and Great Missenden | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Buckinghamshire 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017768) | 2,325 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.8% | | [Buckinghamshire 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017785) | 1,591 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.6% | | [Buckinghamshire 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017786) | 1,536 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.0% | | [Buckinghamshire 031E](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017787) | 1,587 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.9% | | [Buckinghamshire 031F](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/neighbourhood/e01017788) | 1,672 | 46.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.6% | ## Your MP - [Mid Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-buckinghamshire): Greg Smith (Conservative), 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 [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) ## Postcode districts covering Prestwood and Great Missenden [HP16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hp16) ## Middle areas in Prestwood and Great Missenden [Great Missenden & Prestwood](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire/great-missenden-and-prestwood) ## Towns near Prestwood and Great Missenden [Hazlemere](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hazlemere), [High Wycombe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/high-wycombe), [Wendover](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wendover), [Chesham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesham), [Princes Risborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/princes-risborough), [Amersham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/amersham) ## Prestwood and Great Missenden in brief Prestwood and Great Missenden is a town in Buckinghamshire, South East. About 7,516 people lived in Prestwood and Great Missenden in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £520,000 in 2025 across 123 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Prestwood and Great Missenden was £520,000 in 2025. Prestwood and Great Missenden had 7,600 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Prestwood and Great Missenden live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Prestwood and Great Missenden, 85.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004597 - Constituency: [Mid Buckinghamshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-buckinghamshire) - Council: [Buckinghamshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) - Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.35 km² - People, mid-2024: 7,516* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 26 * 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 [Hazlemere](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hazlemere), [High Wycombe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/high-wycombe), [Wendover](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wendover), [Chesham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesham), [Princes Risborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/princes-risborough), [Amersham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/amersham) ## Latest updates for Prestwood and Great Missenden - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004597 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/prestwood-and-great-missenden, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/prestwood-and-great-missenden#f-house-sales-median-price. 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