High Wycombe

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 16° · 52% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:22

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

395 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences152
• Public order48
• Anti-social behaviour46
• Shoplifting40

48 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wycombe South · Thames Valley

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

607 reported road collisions (2024)

106 killed or seriously injured · 765 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

482 food businesses within 2 miles

• 366 rated 4–5 ★ (286 top)
• 25 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: High Wycombe (0.3 km)
• 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£490,508 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across Buckinghamshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Asda (3.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (2.8 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Swan MSCP (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms5
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches37
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

553,079 residents in Buckinghamshire · 353/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Buckinghamshire

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

• In a conservation area (High Wycombe)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 112 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

1,132 applications decided

86.9% granted · 984 granted, 148 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Emma Reynolds

Labour

Wycombe

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 3
• Con 50
• LD 26
• Grn 2
• Ref 2
• Oth 14

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools21
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets12
• Parks & greens21
• Restaurants & cafés124

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

33,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,786 jobs advertised · £38,808 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician, Mobile Vehicle Technician - High Wycombe

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Imports 25% · Solar 20% · Wind 7%

180 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wycombe:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 528 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership385 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s374 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership261 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office219 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Royal Military College, High Wycombe · 0.0 km

  The Royal Military College, High Wycombe was a military training facility for British Army officers in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.

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  High Wycombe · 0.1 km

  High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe, is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is 29 miles (47 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross i…

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  Wycombe Swan · 0.1 km

  Wycombe Swan is a theatre in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The theatre was opened in November 1992 by Wycombe District Council and is now operated by Trafalgar Entertainment. The Wycombe Swan complex consist…

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  High Wycombe Town Hall · 0.1 km

  High Wycombe Town Hall is a public building located on Queen Victoria Road in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The building, which is used as an events venue, is a Grade II listed building.

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  High Wycombe Guildhall · 0.1 km

  The High Wycombe Guildhall is a public building located on the High Street of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It was designed by Henry Keene and completed in 1757.

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  All Saints Church, High Wycombe · 0.2 km

  All Saints Church, High Wycombe is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)