London commuter townsAylesbury vs Leighton Buzzard

Aylesbury vs Leighton Buzzard: which commuter town suits you?

Leighton Buzzard is 16 minutes closer to London and £16k cheaper on the average sold price.
Aylesbury

#93 of 118

Leighton Buzzard

#54 of 118

Train to London

56 min
40 min

Annual season ticket

£6,127
£4,608

Average house price

£375k
£360k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

9.3x
9.5x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

67
50

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

810 Mb
906 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

7.6
7.3

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

36
24

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

179 ha
103 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

166
94

Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.

The full picture on each

Living in Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire · 56 min to London · average sold price £375k.

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Living in Leighton Buzzard

Bedfordshire · 40 min to London · average sold price £360k.

Read the Leighton Buzzard report

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