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New Denham

New Denham is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, with a population of around 1,900. It has around 1 school, around 1 GP surgery, around 1 pharmacy, around 3 supermarkets, around 42 restaurants and cafés, 9 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Uxbridge, 1.1 km away. There were around 297 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the New Denham 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
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 138th of 294 English council areas — better than 53% of them.

Low crime79
Home affordability16
Affordable rents24
Good schools39
Life expectancy87
Employment57
Low council tax26

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

22°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 87% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:23

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Crime

310 reported · July 2026 7% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour84
  • Violence & sexual offences82
  • Shoplifting32
  • Public order31

31 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Denham and Gerrards Cross · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour was voted for as priority in a recent community survey, the Denham and Gerrards Cross neighbourhood team will conti…
  • Speeding has been identified as a priority for local residents, they have reported that high speeds across the area represent a risk to c…

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

389 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 287 rated 4–5 ★ (220 top)
  • 26 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Uxbridge (1.1 km)
  • 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Denham (2.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£490,508 average 4.3% YoY

Across Buckinghamshire · to 2026-06

Detached£875,480
Semi-detached£482,969
Terraced£385,998
Flat£241,795

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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)

46 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

122 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 31 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: McDonalds Denham (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools7
  • Sports pitches21
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds6

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)

A £1,684
B £1,965
C £2,246
D £2,527
E £3,088
F £3,650
G £4,211
H £5,053

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
  • 85 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

Your MP

Joy Morrissey

Conservative

Beaconsfield

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

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

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés47

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

33,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

Grid electricity

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Imports 28% · Solar 22% · Biomass 6%

179 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Uxbridge High Street railway station · 0.6 km

    Uxbridge High Street railway station in Uxbridge, England, was on what is now Oxford Road near its junction with Sanderson Road. It was the southern terminus and only station on the Great Western Railway (GWR) branch…

  • Crown and Treaty · 0.6 km

    The Crown and Treaty is an historic building on Oxford Road in Uxbridge, England, dating from 1576. It was the site where Charles I and his parliamentary opponents attempted negotiations between 30 January and 22 Febr…

  • Uxbridge Alderglade · 0.9 km

    Uxbridge Alderglade is a 2.9-hectare (7.2-acre) nature reserve in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It is managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.

  • Denham Roundabout · 0.9 km

    The Denham Roundabout is a road junction in Denham, Buckinghamshire. It was originally opened in 1943 in conjunction with the completion of the new Western Avenue route into west London. The Western Avenue took over t…

  • River Misbourne · 0.9 km

    The River Misbourne is a chalk river that rises in a field on the outskirts of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, passing through Little Missenden, Old Amersham, Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter and under the Chi…

  • The Pavilions · 1.0 km

    The Pavilions is an indoor shopping centre in Uxbridge, Greater London, England. It was opened in 1973 and refurbished in 1985 and has previously been known as the Pavilions Shopping Centre and before that, The Cedars…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is New Denham?
New Denham is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Buckinghamshire local authority.
What is the population of New Denham?
New Denham has an approximate settlement population of 1,900.