Princes Risborough

Princes Risborough is covered by postcode district HP27. It is in the Buckinghamshire council area, England.

Typical price £473,000 Homes sold in Princes Risborough, last 12 months. ▲ 5.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 161 of 215 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 7 of 219 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 9 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Princes Risborough, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Princes Risborough, by flood risk Of the 219 postcodes in Princes Risborough that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 212 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Princes Risborough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A4129A4010 HP27 0AA: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AB: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AD: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AE: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AF: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AJ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AL: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AN: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AP: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AQ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AT: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AW: not on the flood risk listHP27 0AX: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BA: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BE: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BG: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BH: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BJ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BL: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BN: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BP: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BQ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BS: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BT: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BW: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BY: not on the flood risk listHP27 0BZ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0DB: not on 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not on the flood risk listHP27 0EY: not on the flood risk listHP27 0EZ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HA: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HE: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HF: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HG: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HH: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HJ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HL: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HQ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HS: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HT: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HU: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HX: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HY: not on the flood risk listHP27 0HZ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JA: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JB: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JD: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JE: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JF: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JG: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JH: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JJ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JL: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JN: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JP: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JQ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JR: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JS: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JT: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JU: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JW: not on the flood risk listHP27 0JX: not on the flood risk listHP27 0LA: not on the flood risk listHP27 0LF: not on the flood risk listHP27 0LH: not on the flood risk listHP27 0LQ: not on the flood risk listHP27 0UU: not on the flood risk listHP27 0XA: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AA: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AB: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AD: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AG: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AH: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AJ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AN: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AR: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AS: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AT: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AW: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AX: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AZ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9BG: not on the flood risk listHP27 9BH: not on the flood risk listHP27 9BJ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9BL: not on the flood risk listHP27 9BN: not on the flood risk listHP27 9BP: not on the flood risk listHP27 9BQ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9BW: not on the flood risk listHP27 9BX: not on the flood risk listHP27 9BY: not on the flood risk listHP27 9DA: not on the flood risk listHP27 9DB: not on the flood risk listHP27 9DD: not on the flood risk listHP27 9DE: not on the flood risk listHP27 9DF: not on the flood risk listHP27 9DH: not on the flood risk listHP27 9DJ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9DL: not on the flood risk listHP27 9DS: not on the flood risk listHP27 9DW: not on the flood risk listHP27 9EB: not on the flood risk listHP27 9ED: not on the flood risk listHP27 9EE: not on the flood risk listHP27 9EF: not on the flood risk listHP27 9EH: not on the flood risk listHP27 9EJ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9EN: not on the flood risk listHP27 9EP: not on the flood risk listHP27 9EQ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9EZ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9FL: not on the flood risk listHP27 9FN: not on the flood risk listHP27 9FP: not on the flood risk listHP27 9FQ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9FR: not on the flood risk listHP27 9FS: not on the flood risk listHP27 9FU: not on the flood risk listHP27 9GA: not on the flood risk listHP27 9GE: not on the flood risk listHP27 9GF: not on the flood risk listHP27 9GH: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HB: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HD: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HE: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HF: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HG: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HH: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HJ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HL: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HN: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HP: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HR: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HS: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HT: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HU: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HW: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HX: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HY: not on the flood risk listHP27 9HZ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JA: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JB: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JD: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JE: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JF: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JG: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JH: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JJ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JL: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JN: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JP: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JQ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JR: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JS: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JT: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JU: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JW: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JX: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JY: not on the flood risk listHP27 9JZ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9LA: not on the flood risk listHP27 9LB: not on the flood risk listHP27 9LE: not on the flood risk listHP27 9LG: not on the flood risk listHP27 9LP: not on the flood risk listHP27 9LQ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9LW: not on the flood risk listHP27 9LZ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9NB: not on the flood risk listHP27 9NE: not on the flood risk listHP27 9NG: not on the flood risk listHP27 9NL: not on the flood risk listHP27 9NN: not on the flood risk listHP27 9PT: not on the flood risk listHP27 9PU: not on the flood risk listHP27 9PX: not on the flood risk listHP27 9PZ: not on the flood risk listHP27 9QA: not on the flood risk listHP27 9QB: not on the flood risk listHP27 9QD: not on the flood risk listHP27 9RS: not on the flood risk listHP27 9TS: not on the flood risk listHP27 9UA: not on the flood risk listHP27 9AY: low flood risk at worstHP27 9BS: low flood risk at worstHP27 9DX: low flood risk at worstHP27 9AU: medium flood risk at worstHP27 9BA: medium flood risk at worstHP27 9DN: medium flood risk at worstHP27 9DT: high flood risk Princes Risborough Map of every postcode in Princes Risborough, by flood risk Of the 219 postcodes in Princes Risborough that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 212 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Princes Risborough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A4129 Princes Risborough
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 212

Of the 219 postcodes in Princes Risborough that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 212 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. 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 51.7239, longitude -0.8331. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

HP27 9DT2 at high risk

What is it like to live in Princes Risborough?

Homes sold for a typical £473,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.1% on the 12 months before. At 161 of the 215 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 9 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 219 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Princes Risborough, 1.0 km 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 Princes Risborough?

Homes in Princes Risborough sold for a typical £473,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 121 sales, up 5.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£473,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£450,000
12 months to August 2026
£473,000

▲ up 5.1% on the 12 months before

Detached£655,000 34 sales
Semi-detached£480,000 43 sales
Terraced£410,000 13 sales
Flat or maisonette£252,000 31 sales

Across the whole HP27 district, Princes Risborough's main postcode district: a typical £506,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Princes Risborough: 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 Princes Risborough?

6 of the 219 postcodes now in use in Princes Risborough came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 129 homes sold in Princes Risborough were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HP27 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

HP27 9GEsince November 2025HP27 9GHsince June 2025HP27 9GFsince February 2025HP27 9AJsince April 2024HP27 9GAsince October 2021HP27 9FSsince February 2020

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

PeriodIn Princes RisboroughAcross the HP27 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 121 (0%) 3 of 182 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 129 (Under 1%) 13 of 208 (6%)

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 Princes Risborough?

Ofcom reports on 215 of the 219 postcodes in Princes Risborough. At 161 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit161 of 215
Postcodes where every home can get superfast209 of 215

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Princes Risborough at risk of flooding?

7 of the 219 postcodes in Princes Risborough 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 9 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 7 of 219 postcodes High: 2Medium: 7Low: 19

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 Princes Risborough?

The open schools at the postcodes in Princes Risborough. 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

Secondary

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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 Princes Risborough?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Princes Risborough is Princes Risborough Rail Station, 1.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Princes Risborough Rail Station Railway station 1.0 kmWalk
  • Monks Risborough Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
  • Little Kimble Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle

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 Princes Risborough?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Princes Risborough. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Princes Risborough safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 415 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Princes Risborough 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

  1. 34 September 2025
  2. 23 October 2025
  3. 38 November 2025
  4. 18 December 2025
  5. 42 January 2026
  6. 41 February 2026
  7. 22 March 2026
  8. 43 April 2026
  9. 36 May 2026
  10. 39 June 2026
  11. 30 July 2026
  12. 49 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences170 reports
Anti-social behaviour60 reports
Shoplifting33 reports
Criminal damage and arson29 reports
Public order26 reports
Other theft24 reports
Vehicle crime21 reports
Other crime19 reports

Also: burglary 10, drugs 10, possession of weapons 5, theft from the person 4, bicycle theft 2, robbery 2.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Princes Risborough?

Council
Buckinghamshire
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire
Police force area
Thames Valley
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Greg Smith (Conservative)

All 219 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Princes Risborough postcodes

219 postcodes in use in Princes Risborough, by district:

HP27 postcode district,219 postcodes

That district is in the HP postcode area.

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Places near Princes Risborough

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Princes Risborough's £473,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Longwick2.3 km, £530,000Chinnor5.9 km, £445,000Walter's Ash and Naphill6.9 km, £607,500Stoke Mandeville7.7 km, £520,000Prestwood and Great Missenden7.8 km, £525,000Wendover8.0 km, £490,000Haddenham8.5 km, £500,000Stokenchurch8.7 km, £392,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Princes Risborough

What is it like to live in Princes Risborough?
Homes sold for a typical £473,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.1% on the 12 months before. At 161 of the 215 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 9 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 219 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Princes Risborough, 1.0 km 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 Princes Risborough?
Princes Risborough is covered by postcode district HP27, across 219 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Princes Risborough in?
Princes Risborough is in the Buckinghamshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Princes Risborough?
Princes Risborough is in the Mid Buckinghamshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Greg Smith (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Princes Risborough?
Homes in Princes Risborough sold for a typical £473,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 121 sales, up 5.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Princes Risborough?
In Princes Risborough, primary schools at its postcodes include Princes Risborough Primary School and Monks Risborough CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Red Kite School and Princes Risborough School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Princes Risborough have a railway station?
Yes: Princes Risborough is 1.0 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Princes Risborough, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Princes Risborough?
Ofcom reports on 215 of the 219 postcodes in Princes Risborough. At 161 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Princes Risborough at risk of flooding?
7 of the 219 postcodes in Princes Risborough 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 9 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 Princes Risborough?
6 of the 219 postcodes now in use in Princes Risborough came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 129 homes sold in Princes Risborough were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HP27 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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