Layter's Green
Suburb · 58 residents
62Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 52 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Schools scores 77, well above the typical 60
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- Health scores 19, below the typical 60
- Food & drink scores 22, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Layter's Green
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Is Layter's Green a good place to live?
Layter's Green scores 62/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (78) and schools (77).
It scores lowest on health (19) and food & drink (22).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Layter's Green in South East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Layter's Green
Layter's Green reads as detached houses on generous plots, gravel driveways, hedging kept tidy rather than ornamental — the kind of streetscape where a For Sale board is more often than not stuck outside a five-bedroom freehold rather than a starter flat. Detached homes dominate the sales here, freehold ownership is the norm rather than the exception, and at a median sale price approaching £737,000, this is a place bought into rather than started out in.
That price sits well above the Buckinghamshire average, itself already a relatively expensive corner of the South East — Layter's Green runs roughly two-thirds higher than the county median, and against the national figure it lands in the top few percent of sale prices anywhere in the country. The area's low deprivation ranking (among the least deprived tenth nationally) fits that picture, though income levels are more middling than the house prices alone would suggest, which tells you some of the wealth here is tied up in property rather than salary. Schooling nearby leans solid rather than spectacular: The Chalfonts Community College holds a Good rating for secondary years, and among primaries Jordans School is also rated Good, giving a family moving in a credible, if not headline, choice of schools without needing to gamble on catchment. A median age of 42 confirms this isn't a starter-home suburb — it's populated by people further along, often with school-age or older children already settled.