HP8 4SW

Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont · Buckinghamshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Postcode district
HP8
Postcode sector
HP8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HP8 4SP 18 m
HP8 4TQ 333 m
HP8 4TG 339 m
HP8 4TH 395 m
HP8 4TJ 449 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HP8 4SW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
HP
Postcode district
HP8
Postcode sector
HP8 4
Latitude
51.654689
Longitude
-0.571845
British National Grid easting
498,892
British National Grid northing
196,065

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Buckinghamshire · E06000060
Parish or community
E04001579
Westminster constituency
Chesham and Amersham · E14001162
Output area
E00089620
Lower layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 035A · E01017762
Middle layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 035 · E02003683

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. Dr Challoner's High School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  2. Little Chalfont Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
154
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 49
  • Shoplifting 34
  • Burglary 12
  • Other theft 12
  • Public order 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HP8 4 residents
6,934

Age bands in HP8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,209 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

732 residents

Age 25 to 44
17%

1,178 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

2,216 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

1,603 residents

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • LITTLE CHALFONT SURGERY

    200 WHITE LION ROAD, LITTLE CHALFONT, AMERSHAM, HP7 9NU

    ODS code K82621

    1.5 km

  • AMERSHAM HEALTH CENTRE

    KING GEORGE V ROAD, AMERSHAM ON THE HILL, AMERSHAM, HP6 5AY

    ODS code K82004

    3.2 km

  • RECTORY MEADOW SURGERY

    SCHOOL LANE, AMERSHAM, HP7 0HG

    ODS code K82001

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • The Ivy House PH

    BCT · Chalfont St Giles

    0.4 miles
  • The Ivy House PH

    BCT · Chalfont St Giles

    0.5 miles
  • Cokes Lane

    BCT · Amersham

    0.5 miles
  • Cokes Lane

    BCT · Amersham

    0.5 miles
  • Nightingales Lane

    BCT · Little Chalfont

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Buckinghamshire 035A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,618 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Dr Challoner's High School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

154 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 49 events.

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