HP12 3BQ

Castlefield & Oakridge · Buckinghamshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
High Wycombe
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Wycombe
Postcode district
HP12
Postcode sector
HP12 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP12 3BX 54 m
HP12 3BA 66 m
HP12 3QG 98 m
HP12 3FB 101 m
HP12 3FD 104 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP12 3BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP12
Postcode sector
HP12 3
Latitude
51.636079
Longitude
-0.771669
British National Grid easting
485,104
British National Grid northing
193,744

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Buckinghamshire · E06000060
Parish or community
E43000275
Westminster constituency
Wycombe · E14001600
Output area
E00090320
Lower layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 046C · E01017905
Middle layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 046 · E02003708

Postcode source versions

Explore HP12

88 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9a, Desborough Park Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3BQ 24 April 2026 £250,000
7d, Desborough Park Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3BQ 19 March 2025 £240,000
42, Desborough Park Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3BQ 31 May 2024 £265,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
28
Secondary
6
  1. Unity College

    Other independent special school

    169 m
  2. Millbrook Combined School

    Community school

    575 m
  3. Oakridge School

    Community school

    650 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,053
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,468
  • Shoplifting 479
  • Anti social behaviour 387
  • Public order 318
  • Other theft 307

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
162

70 female, 92 male

Postcode households
52
Residents per household
3.1
HP12 3 residents
12,821

Age bands in HP12 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.8%

2,950 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.9%

1,738 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.3%

4,768 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.5%

2,905 residents

Age 65 and over
8.6%

1,156 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HP12 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

11

within 5 km straight-line

  • TOWER HOUSE SURGERY

    169 WEST WYCOMBE ROAD, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP12 3AF

    ODS code K82010

    121 m

  • RIVERSIDE SURGERY

    GEORGE STREET, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP11 2RZ

    ODS code K82036

    812 m

  • DESBOROUGH SURGERY

    65 DESBOROUGH AVENUE, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP11 2SD

    ODS code K82017

    826 m

  • CHILTERN HOUSE MED CENTRE

    45-47 TEMPLE END, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP13 5DN

    ODS code K82020

    1.4 km

  • PRIORY SURGERY

    24-26 PRIORY AVENUE, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP13 6SH

    ODS code K82053

    1.6 km

  • CARRINGTON HOUSE SURGERY

    19 PRIORY ROAD, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP13 6SL

    ODS code K82044

    1.6 km

  • WYE VALLEY SURGERY

    WYCOMBE HOSPITAL, QUEEN ALEXANDRA ROAD, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP11 2TT

    ODS code K82030

    1.7 km

  • CRESSEX HEALTH CENTRE

    CORONATION ROAD, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP12 3PP

    ODS code K82603

    2.2 km

  • HUGHENDEN VALLEY SURGERY

    VALLEY ROAD, HUGHENDEN VALLEY, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP14 4LG

    ODS code K82049

    3.1 km

  • KINGSWOOD SURGERY

    HOLLIS ROAD, TOTTERIDGE, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP13 7UN

    ODS code K82022

    3.4 km

  • HIGHFIELD SURGERY

    HIGHFIELD WAY, HAZLEMERE, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP15 7UW

    ODS code K82012

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Desborough Park Road

    BCT · High Wycombe

    0.1 miles
  • Desborough Park Road

    BCT · High Wycombe

    0.1 miles
  • The Half Moon PH

    BCT · High Wycombe

    0.2 miles
  • Cotswold Way

    BCT · High Wycombe

    0.2 miles
  • The Half Moon PH

    BCT · High Wycombe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Buckinghamshire 046C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,416 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
3
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
43
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £240,000 from 11 recorded sales in HP12 3BQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Buckinghamshire is £490,508 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

47 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 6 secondary schools. Unity College is the nearest published school at 169 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,053 published events cover 12 months, averaging 337.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,468 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.