Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, with a population of around 13,797. It has 15 restaurants and cafés, 8 bus stops, and Beaconsfield railway station is 0.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £1,065,339, and there were around 49 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Beaconsfield area — all from official UK open data.
The wider council area has around 553,079 residents at roughly 353 people per km².
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield
- Police force
- Thames Valley
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 138th of 294 English council areas — better than 53% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 90% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
19°COvercast
- Today: 25° / 16° · 54% rain
- Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:21
12h 48m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
9US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom
Crime
67 reported · July 2026▼ 4% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences24
- Public order11
- Anti-social behaviour9
- Vehicle crime7
5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Beaconsfield · Thames Valley
Local policing priorities
- Sainsbury’s – Maxwell Road | Shoplifting Update There have been several reports of shoplifting at Sainsbury’s on Maxwell Road.
- Pyebush Roundabout / Old Town – Anti-Social Driving Update The Neighbourhood Team has received a number of reports concerning anti-social…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
607 reported road collisions (2024)
106 killed or seriously injured · 765 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
143 food businesses within 2 miles
- 133 rated 4–5 ★ (108 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Beaconsfield (0.5 km)
- 8 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Beaconsfield (0.5 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£490,508 average▲ 4.3% YoY
Across Buckinghamshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,474 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY
- 1 bed £1,035
- 2 bed £1,310
- 3 bed £1,602
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
11.3× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 11.3 times median annual pay (11.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (8.9 km)
24 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
49 charging locations within ~8 km
- 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Miller & Carter Beaconsfield (1.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres2
- Gyms1
- Swimming pools68
- Sports pitches55
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds4
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
553,079 residents in Buckinghamshire · 353/km²
- Under 16: 20%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 19%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Council tax
£2,527 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (23% of 238,540)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
274 schools · 97,646 pupils
182 primary · 35 secondary · 57 other
Ofsted: 80 of 93 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)
235inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Aylesbury Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Aylesbury High SchoolOutstanding
- Beaconsfield High SchoolOutstanding
- Dr Challoner's Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Dr Challoner's High SchoolOutstanding
- John Hampden Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Sir Henry Floyd Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Waddesdon Church of England SchoolOutstanding
- Wycombe High SchoolOutstanding
- Buckingham SchoolGood
- E-Act Bourne End AcademyGood
- Princes Risborough SchoolGood
- Royal Latin SchoolGood
- The Chalfonts Community CollegeGood
- The Grange SchoolGood
- The Royal Grammar School, High WycombeGood
- Aylesbury UTCRequires improvement
- Sir William Ramsay SchoolInadequate
- Amersham School
- Burnham Grammar School
- Chesham Grammar School
- Chiltern Hills Academy
- Cressex Community School
- Great Marlow School
- Holmer Green Senior School
- John Colet School
- Pioneer Secondary Academy
- Sir Thomas Fremantle School
- The Beaconsfield School
- The Cottesloe School
- The Highcrest Academy
- The Kingsbrook School
- The Mandeville School
- The Misbourne School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Buckinghamshire
Care & health services
563 CQC-registered services
- Care homes134
- GP practices89
- Dentists155
- Homecare agencies134
- Hospitals & hospices9
CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Buckinghamshire
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 154 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
1,132 applications decided
86.9% granted · 984 granted, 148 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Conservative majority
- Lab 3
- Con 50
- LD 26
- Grn 2
- Ref 2
- Oth 14
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools9
- GPs & clinics1
- Pharmacies3
- Supermarkets3
- Parks & greens10
- Restaurants & cafés37
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
33,545 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
324 jobs advertised · £38,947 avg
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Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£836 median full-time weekly pay
3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£34,111 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
59% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: C · 90,273 certificates
8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy: 66.9 women · 65.3 men
63% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.6
- Feeling worthwhile7.8
- Happiness yesterday7.5
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Beaconsfield:
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership352 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s341 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership289 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office260 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test242 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Beaconsfield Town Hall · 0.4 kmBeaconsfield Town Hall is a municipal building in Penn Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. The structure accommodates the offices and meeting place of Beaconsfield Town Council.
The Chiltern Cinema, Beaconsfield · 0.4 kmThe Chiltern Cinema is a former cinema in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England was designed by renowned cinema architect W.F. Granger, and opened in late 1927. Located on Station Road, the cinema was originally call…
Beaconsfield railway station (England) · 0.5 kmBeaconsfield railway station is a railway station in the market town of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the Chiltern Main Line between Seer Green and Jordans and High Wycombe stations. It is served…
- Bekonscot · 0.5 km
Bekonscot Model Village and Railway is a model village built in the 1920s in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK at a scale of one inch to one foot. It portrays aspects of England mostly dating from the 1930s and contai…
Green Hedges · 0.6 kmGreen Hedges was a large house situated off Penn Road in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. It was the home of Enid Blyton from 1938 until shortly before her death. She wrote most of her books there, and it was the locati…
- Beaconsfield High School · 0.9 km
Beaconsfield High School is a girls' grammar school in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The school teaches girls between the ages of 11 and 18. Admission is based on the 11+ examination. The school has approximately 1,1…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Beaconsfield?
- Beaconsfield is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Buckinghamshire local authority.
- What is the population of Beaconsfield?
- Beaconsfield has an approximate settlement population of 13,797.