Around average
IMD England
Low · 4.0 per 1k
Crime · Jun '26
£592,500
Median property price
—
Annual change
South East
Region
Live
Status
School applications
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Last published allocation
Straight-line distance from this address. This does not guarantee you will get a place.
- Bourne End Academy
Last year all on-time applicants were offered a place. This address is 421 m (straight line).
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Coordinates & Location for SL8 5LA
High Wycombe and Aylesbury
Travel to Work
TTWA
Postcode
SL8 5LA
Coordinates
51.5840, -0.7088
Grid reference
SU895880
Easting
489,560
Northing
188,022
Region
South East
Plus Code
9C3XH7MR+HF
User Type
Small user postcode
Grid Quality
Quality indicator 1 (highest positional precision)
Built Up Area
Bourne End
Travel to Work
High Wycombe and Aylesbury
ITL Region
Buckinghamshire
National Park
Non-National Park
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
18173
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 18173 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Property sales (Land Registry)
England & WalesProperty sales · SL8 5LA
HM Land Registry · Buckinghamshire
Average price
£592,500
YoY: not enough sales in one or both windows
Median price: £592,500
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Sep '24 – Sep '25Sep '25: 1 sales · avg £510,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£675k£593k£510k
Sep '24Sep '25
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime near SL8 5LA
England & WalesCrime trends · near SL8 5LA
Counts are for Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns electoral ward, not a 1-mile police.uk street search around this postcode.
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
27
YoY -23%
433220
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
9
YoY -55%
20112
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
4
YoY —
1161
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
630
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
8
YoY —
1272
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
White Brit.85.5%
Other White4.5%
Pakistani1.4%
Other Asian1.3%
White & Black Caribbean1.3%
+ other · 6.1%
Religion
Christian48.4%
No religion41.5%
Not answered6.7%
Muslim1.9%
+ other · 1.6%
Age groups
35–4919.4%
50–6417.9%
25–3414.6%
65–749.6%
≤49.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.1%
Households
Any member 66+17.9%
Other15.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.3%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children9.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.7%
+ 7 other households · 37.5%
Administrative Information
Buckinghamshire
Local Authority
Council AreaBeaconsfield E14001082
Constituency
E14001082Thames Valley
Police Force
England
Ward
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns
Constituency code
E14001082
EU Electoral Region
South East
Parish
Wooburn
International Territorial Level
Buckinghamshire
Health & NHS
South Central
Health Authority
Serving (pseudo) England (UA/MD/LB)
NHS EnglandThames Valley
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
South Central
NHS Region
South East
Integrated Care Board
NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
Primary Care Org
Buckinghamshire
Sub ICB Location
NHS Thames Valley ICB - 14Y
Cancer Alliance
Thames Valley
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Buckinghamshire 060A E01017846
E01017846MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Buckinghamshire 060 E02003716
E02003716LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Wycombe 021A E01017846
E01017846MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Wycombe 021 E02003716
E02003716Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
2001 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban city and town C1
2021 Classification
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Sun & Time Information
5:42 AM
Sunrise
6:12 PM
Sunset
12 hours 30 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
5:42 AM
Sunset (today)
6:12 PM
Daylight duration
12 hours 30 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
January 1980
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~46 years
Active Duration
1980 -> PresentJanuary 1980 — Introduced
Postcode SL8 5LA introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 18173
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017846 and MSOA E02003716 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode SL8 5LA is currently active and in use.
First introduced
January 1980
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~46 years
Last updated
2026-08-01
Current status
Live
Schools near SL8 5LA
Open state schools within 1.2 miles of this postcode, ranked by distance.
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–18FSM 32%
Attainment 8
38.0
Last year all on-time applicants were offered a place. This address is 421 m (straight line).
This does not guarantee you will get a place.
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11FSM 38%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 21%
RWM expected
30%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 10%
RWM expected
79%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11FSM 8%
RWM expected
67%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 7–11FSM 32%
RWM expected
67%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 5–7FSM 22%
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
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