HP17 postcode area guide — Buckinghamshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the HP17 postcode district in Buckinghamshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in HP17
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
91.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
71.5%
Gigabit-capable
71.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the HP17 postcode district (Buckinghamshire) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 358 postcodes Ofcom measures in HP17, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 91.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 71.5%.
Around 0.2% of premises in HP17 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in HP17
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| HP17 0BF | 100% | 100% |
| HP17 0BU | 75% | 75% |
| HP17 0RA | 100% | 100% |
| HP17 0RB | 100% | 100% |
| HP17 0TG | 100% | 0% |
| HP17 0TJ | 100% | 3% |
| HP17 0TL | 100% | 0% |
| HP17 0TQ | 61.1% | 0% |
| HP17 0TR | 100% | 0% |
| HP17 0TS | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Buckinghamshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Buckinghamshire district (250,700 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
85.9%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.1%
5G outdoors — all networks
51%
Voice indoors — all networks
88.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in HP17
Police recorded 2 incidents within about a mile of the centre of HP17 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 | 100.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in HP17
Based on 132 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in HP17 is £540,000, down 2.7% on the previous year (£555,000).
Detached
£655,000
72 sales
Semi-detached
£437,000
33 sales
Terraced
£335,000
16 sales
Flat / maisonette
£220,000
6 sales
Latest recorded sales in HP17
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2026 | £520,000 | Semi-detached | Stokes Croft | HP17 8DZ |
| 15 May 2026 | £306,000 | Other | Spitfire Path | HP17 8NX |
| 7 May 2026 | £607,500 | Detached | Eythrope Road | HP17 8PH |
| 5 May 2026 | £442,500 | Terraced | Upper Hartwell | HP17 8NZ |
| 1 May 2026 | £685,000 | Semi-detached | Churchway | HP17 8HB |
| 1 May 2026 | £425,000 | Semi-detached | Anxey Way | HP17 8DJ |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £390,000 | Semi-detached | Eythrope Road | HP17 8PG |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £1,500,000 | Detached | Ellesborough Road | HP17 0XL |
| 27 Apr 2026 | £157,500 | Semi-detached | Anxey Way | HP17 8DJ |
| 22 Apr 2026 | £181,500 | Semi-detached | Cotts Field | HP17 8NN |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Buckinghamshire demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Buckinghamshire district (553,079 residents, 220,327 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19.8% |
| 15–29 | 20.6% |
| 30–44 | 20.4% |
| 45–64 | 20.4% |
| 65+ | 18.8% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 70% |
| Private rented | 15.8% |
| Social rented | 10.3% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around HP17
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddenham Community Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 354 | HP17 8DS |
| Stone Church of England Combined School | Primary | 4–11 | 203 | HP17 8PD |
| Haddenham St Mary's Church of England School | Primary | 4–7 | 178 | HP17 8AF |
| Griffin House School | Not applicable | 2–11 | 159 | HP17 0XP |
| Haddenham Community Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 109 | HP17 8DS |
| Great Kimble Church of England School | Primary | 4–11 | 100 | HP17 9TH |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in HP17
69 rated food businesses operate in HP17. 58 hold the top rating of 5, 2 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Bartlett's Residential Home, Blooming Fruity, Bradmoor Events, Bright Horizons Haddenham Day Nursery And Preschool, Buckmoorend Farm Shop, Kitchen & Butchers.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in HP17
From a sample of 77 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 HP17 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 44% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
12%
Band C
32%
Band D
40%
Band E
10%
Band F
4%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Buckinghamshire
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.