Bledlow, Cadmore End & Hambleden Valley

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 8,269 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,048 of 6,856 in England
  • #520 of 1,119 in South East
  • #44 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
Compare this area →

People living here Census 2021

Residents8,189
Median age (est.)48
Density75per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above48%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 33%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 6%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 22%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 25% · Professional 20% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors25%
Professional20%
Associate professional17%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary4%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 36% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bledlow, Cadmore End & Hambleden Valley is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,048 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #44 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (99) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £605,000 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 81 sales), 32% above the wider Buckinghamshire median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,904 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 33 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 97 · #217
Employment 98 · #128
Education 89 · #725
Health 99 · #60
Crime 93 · #457
Housing & access 3 · #6,620
Living environment 8 · #6,291

House prices ?

£605,000median (12m) · +0.8% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£605,00081+0.8%-3.2%
Detached£810,00033-17.4%-5.8%
Semi-detached£545,00021+6.9%+11.2%
Terraced£407,50014-1.8%+7.9%
Flat£257,50013-13.8%+3.0%
This area£605,000
Buckinghamshire£460,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£55,904±£8,322 · #398 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£47,232
Price-to-income ?10.8×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 275 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #671 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences116
Theft59
Burglary18
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons19
Drugs12
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 18 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Other areas in Buckinghamshire

Similar areas across England

Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.