My Area UK

Oxford

Oxford is a city in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of around 150,000. It has around 8 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, 4 supermarkets, and around 235 restaurants and cafés, along with 46 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Oxford, 2.1 km away. There were around 520 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 2 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Oxford is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 162,040 residents at roughly 3,553 people per km².

44/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 187th of 294 English council areas — better than 36% of them.

Low crime27
Home affordability26
Affordable rents9
Good schools66
Life expectancy68
Low deprivation73
Employment69
Low council tax4

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

8°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:30

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

543 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences198
  • Anti-social behaviour63
  • Shoplifting57
  • Public order47

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

244 reported road collisions (2025)

31 killed or seriously injured · 258 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 452 rated 4–5 ★ (397 top)
  • 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Oxford (2.1 km)
  • 46 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Oxford (2.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£478,080 average▼ 2.9% YoY

Across Oxford · to 2026-08

Detached£965,950
Semi-detached£589,760
Terraced£469,986
Flat£291,220

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,963 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,351
  • 2 bed £1,667
  • 3 bed £2,034

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

10.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.3 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,282 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (10.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (8.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

81 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Oxford Brookes University Headington Campus (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres8
  • Gyms9
  • Swimming pools10
  • Sports pitches143
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

162,040 residents in Oxford · 3,553/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 73%
  • 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,309
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK23,808
  • Net moves−3,499

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 217 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,678 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 63,780)

A £1,786
B £2,083
C £2,381
D £2,678
E £3,274
F £3,869
G £4,464
H £5,357

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

71 schools · 24,749 pupils

33 primary · 6 secondary · 32 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

50 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The Cherwell SchoolOutstanding
  • Greyfriars Catholic SchoolGood
  • Oxford Spires AcademyGood
  • The Swan SchoolGood
  • The Oxford AcademyRequires improvement
  • Cheney School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Oxford

Care & health services

672 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes149
  • GP practices107
  • Dentists167
  • Homecare agencies173
  • Hospitals & hospices16

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oxfordshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Central)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 871 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

276 applications decided

87% granted · 240 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 20
  • LD 9
  • Grn 13
  • Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools11
  • GPs & clinics14
  • Pharmacies5
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens223
  • Restaurants & cafés276

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3,756 jobs advertised · £44,359 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Stanford in the Vale, Care Assistant - Nights, Ex-NTP Teacher

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£827 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,153 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 78,064 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 80.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Oxfordshire): 66.6 women · 65.4 men

54% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Oxford East:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Towns in Oxford