High Wycombe
High Wycombe is covered by postcode districts HP10, HP11, HP12, HP13, HP14 and HP15. It is in the Buckinghamshire council area, England.
Every postcode in High Wycombe, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 45
- At medium risk at worst: 5
- At low risk at worst: 52
- At very low risk only: 1
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,669
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 1,772 postcodes in High Wycombe that ONS places, 45 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 52 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 1,669 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6287, longitude -0.7517. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
45 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
What is it like to live in High Wycombe?
Homes sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 1,242 of the 1,681 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 628 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 103 of its 1,772 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is High Wycombe, 450 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in High Wycombe?
Homes in High Wycombe sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 688 sales, up 0.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £372,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £375,000
▲ up 0.8% on the 12 months before
Across the whole HP13 district, High Wycombe's main postcode district: a typical £385,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in High Wycombe: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in High Wycombe?
64 of the 1,772 postcodes now in use in High Wycombe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 1,033 homes sold in High Wycombe were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HP13 district, 3%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In High Wycombe | Across the HP13 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 6 of 688 (Under 1%) | 4 of 409 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 17 of 1,033 (2%) | 16 of 561 (3%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in High Wycombe?
Ofcom reports on 1,681 of the 1,772 postcodes in High Wycombe. At 1,242 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is High Wycombe at risk of flooding?
103 of the 1,772 postcodes in High Wycombe have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 628 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in High Wycombe?
The open schools at the postcodes in High Wycombe (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Hamilton Academy350 m 643 pupils, 628 places
- High Wycombe Church of England Combined School400 m 209 pupils, 210 places
- The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School650 m 154 pupils, 380 places
- Godstowe Preparatory School850 m 220 pupils, 500 places
- St Michael's Catholic School1.2 km 2,414 pupils, 2,220 places
- Oakridge School1.3 km 452 pupils, 498 places
- Abbey View Primary Academy1.3 km 251 pupils, 210 places
- Crown House School1.4 km 141 pupils, 160 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from High Wycombe?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in High Wycombe is High Wycombe Rail Station, 450 m away in a straight line.
- High Wycombe Rail Station Railway station 450 mWalk
- Bourne End Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive
- Marlow Rail Station Railway station 6.5 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in High Wycombe?
The GP practices at the postcodes in High Wycombe, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Wye Valley Surgery300 m
- Priory Surgery350 m
- Carrington House Surgery450 m
- Chiltern House Med Centre500 m
- Desborough Surgery800 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is High Wycombe safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,612 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in High Wycombe over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 385 September 2025
- 439 October 2025
- 369 November 2025
- 377 December 2025
- 374 January 2026
- 365 February 2026
- 367 March 2026
- 369 April 2026
- 378 May 2026
- 389 June 2026
- 419 July 2026
- 381 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 97, other crime 93, robbery 76, theft from the person 45, possession of weapons 32, bicycle theft 15.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs High Wycombe?
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Wycombe (1,771) and Mid Buckinghamshire (1)
- Police force area
- Thames Valley
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to High Wycombe
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Buckinghamshire about council tax Council tax, on buckinghamshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in High Wycombe
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
High Wycombe postcodes
1,772 postcodes in use in High Wycombe, by district:
Those districts are all in the HP postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near High Wycombe
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside High Wycombe's £375,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about High Wycombe
- What is it like to live in High Wycombe?
- Homes sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 1,242 of the 1,681 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 628 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 103 of its 1,772 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is High Wycombe, 450 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for High Wycombe?
- High Wycombe is covered by postcode districts HP10, HP11, HP12, HP13, HP14 and HP15, across 1,772 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is High Wycombe in?
- High Wycombe is in the Buckinghamshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in High Wycombe?
- Homes in High Wycombe sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 688 sales, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in High Wycombe?
- In High Wycombe, primary schools at its postcodes include Hamilton Academy, High Wycombe Church of England Combined School and The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Wycombe Abbey, The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School and Aspire. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does High Wycombe have a railway station?
- Yes: High Wycombe is 450 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in High Wycombe, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in High Wycombe?
- Ofcom reports on 1,681 of the 1,772 postcodes in High Wycombe. At 1,242 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is High Wycombe at risk of flooding?
- 103 of the 1,772 postcodes in High Wycombe have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 628 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in High Wycombe?
- 64 of the 1,772 postcodes now in use in High Wycombe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 1,033 homes sold in High Wycombe were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HP13 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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