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Stokenchurch

Stokenchurch is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, with a population of around 4,056. It has around 1 pharmacy, around 3 restaurants and cafés, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Chinnor, 4.3 km away. There were around 27 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Stokenchurch area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Buckinghamshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 553,079 residents at roughly 353 people per km².

Council
Buckinghamshire
County
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Aylesbury
Police force
Thames Valley
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 113th of 294 English council areas — better than 62% of them.

Low crime79
Home affordability16
Affordable rents24
Good schools38
Life expectancy86
Low deprivation84
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. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 30% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:34

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

12 reported · August 2026▼ 48% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Other theft2
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Marlow South West Rural · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • The residents of Marlow have voiced that Anti-social behaviour in the area is the most prominent issue they would like their local neighb…
  • The residents of Marlow have raised concerns over speeding in the area, as a result the local neighbourhood team have began to plan perio…

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

Road safety

684 reported road collisions (2025)

154 killed or seriously injured · 883 casualties · 12.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

27 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 21 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chinnor (4.5 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Saunderton (5.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£477,450 average

Across Buckinghamshire · to 2026-08

Detached£852,415
Semi-detached£470,342
Terraced£378,056
Flat£233,403

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,475 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,035
  • 2 bed £1,310
  • 3 bed £1,603

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

Property sales

6,778 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (9.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Nonfumo Flue Systems Limited (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds3

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK34,289
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK30,524
  • Net moves+3,765

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 250 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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

273 schools · 97,379 pupils

181 primary · 35 secondary · 57 other

Ofsted: 80 of 93 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

233 inspected 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

566 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes136
  • GP practices89
  • Dentists155
  • Homecare agencies133
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Buckinghamshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

1,241 applications decided

85.1% granted · 1,056 granted, 185 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Greg Smith

Conservative

Mid Buckinghamshire

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) 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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

34,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised · £49,750 avg

e.g. National Sales Manager - Automotive, Sales Negotiator, Chef de Partie

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£836 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% 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

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 71% · Wind 15% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 5%

289 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in HP14

  • Walters Ash Medical Centre
  • Stokenchurch Medical Ctre
  • Hughenden Valley Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Buckinghamshire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Stokenchurch · 0.1 km

    Stokenchurch is a village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about 3 miles (5 km) south of Chinnor in Oxfordshire and 6 miles (10 km) west of High Wycombe. St…

  • Stokenchurch War Memorial · 0.3 km

    Stokenchurch War Memorial is located outside the Memorial Hall, Wycombe Road, Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a grade II listed building with Historic England and commemorates the men of the village who…

  • Chiltern Hills · 1.6 km

    The Chiltern Hills or the Chilterns are a chalk escarpment in southern England to the north-west of London, covering 660 mi2 (1,700 km2) across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. The hills s…

  • Waterend, Buckinghamshire · 1.9 km

    Waterend is a hamlet located on the A40 between Piddington and Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire, England. Together with the adjacent hamlets of Horsleys Green, Beacon's Bottom and Studley Green, it is in an area known…

  • Stokenchurch BT Tower · 2.0 km

    Stokenchurch BT Tower is a telecommunications tower built of reinforced concrete at Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England. Reaching to 340.5 metres (1,117 ft) above mean sea level, it dates from 1963 and is 99.4 metr…

  • Radnage · 2.2 km

    Radnage is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills about two miles north east of Stokenchurch and six miles WNW of High Wycombe.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Stokenchurch?
Stokenchurch is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Buckinghamshire local authority.
What is the population of Stokenchurch?
Stokenchurch has an approximate settlement population of 4,056.
How deprived is Stokenchurch?
The Buckinghamshire local authority, which includes Stokenchurch, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.