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Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield

Ward

South east Dacorum. About 9,523 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 30 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 89% of people in Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,496
Joint 2,682nd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
89%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
69.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Bovingdon, Flaunden and ChipperfieldMiddle
Population25 wards, Dacorum · 2021
Population: every ward in Dacorum25 areas from 2,403 to 10,306. The middle area is 6,033. Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield is 9,496.
9,4963rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 wards, Dacorum · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Dacorum25 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield is 89.0%.
89%5th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage25 wards, Dacorum · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Dacorum25 areas from 25.5% to 98.5%. The middle area is 91.2%. Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield is 69.4%.
69.4%4th lowest
Claimant rate25 wards, Dacorum · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Dacorum25 areas from 0.9% to 5.4%. The middle area is 2.8%. Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield is 1.7%.
1.7%5th lowest

Is Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield at a rate of 53.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 84.8 per 1,000 people across Dacorum.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 52 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (202), other crime (107) and anti-social behaviour (91).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Dacorum

These figures are published for the whole of Dacorum, not for each ward, so they describe all of Dacorum and not Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield alone. See Dacorum

Average house price
£450,935
Up 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,485
56th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.1×
Joint 50th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.0
80th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield in brief

Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield had 9,496 usual residents at the census.

About 89% of people in Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield, 69.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.