West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire is a town in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of around 130,000. There is 1 restaurant and café, and 3 bus stops in the area. The nearest railway station is Finstock, 2.7 km away, and in June 2026, there was around 1 recorded street crime, most commonly Other theft. Covers 51 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.
On deprivation, West Oxfordshire is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 114,236 residents at roughly 160 people per km².
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 10th of 294 English council areas — better than 97% of them.
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
11°CMist
- Today: 22° / 11° · 28% rain
- Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Light rain shower
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:30
12h 56m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
14US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom
Crime
1 reported · July 2026
- Anti-social behaviour1
Neighbourhood team: Witney · Thames Valley
Local policing priorities
- It was reported from the recent survey that ASB was being committed in the community, specifically in the areas of the town centre, The L…
- The survey returned that the public are seeing drug related activity in the areas of the town centre, Madley Park and Deer Park.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
128 reported road collisions (2024)
34 killed or seriously injured · 161 casualties · 11.2 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
13 food businesses within 2 miles
- 11 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Finstock (2.7 km)
- 3 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Finstock (2.7 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£416,425 average▼ 1.5% YoY
Across West Oxfordshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,293 average monthly rent
- 1 bed £946
- 2 bed £1,197
- 3 bed £1,503
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
9.9× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 162.7p · Asda (10.8 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (10.8 km)
5 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
5 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 75 kW
- Nearest: Old Swan & Minster Mill Hotel Car Park (5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches5
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
114,236 residents in West Oxfordshire · 160/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 60%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Among the least deprived areas in England
Ranked 301 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,567 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (33% of 53,980)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
65 schools · 18,635 pupils
49 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other
Ofsted: 27 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)
58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Bartholomew SchoolOutstanding
- Carterton Community CollegeGood
- Burford School
- Chipping Norton School
- The Henry Box School
- The Marlborough Church of England School
- Wood Green School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Oxfordshire
Care & health services
676 CQC-registered services
- Care homes149
- GP practices110
- Dentists167
- Homecare agencies172
- Hospitals & hospices16
CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Oxfordshire
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 59 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
272 applications decided
95.2% granted · 259 granted, 13 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition
- Lab 8
- Con 16
- LD 20
- Grn 4
- Ref 1
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
6,600 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
26 jobs advertised · £32,972 avg
e.g. Residential End of Lease Cleaners, Property Reset Cleaners, IT Support & Infrastructure Engineer
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£767 median full-time weekly pay
1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£32,992 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 · 56,152 certificates
9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 83 yrs men
64% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.9
- Feeling worthwhile8.1
- Happiness yesterday7.9
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Witney:
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership2,234 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership404 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset384 local signatures · 30,175 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office321 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Finstock · 1.9 kmFinstock is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) south of Charlbury in Oxfordshire, England.
Wychwood · 2.0 kmWychwood or Wychwood Forest is a 501.7-hectare (1,240-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Witney in Oxfordshire. It is also a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, and an area of 263.4 he…
- Wilcote · 2.4 km
Wilcote is a hamlet in the civil parish of North Leigh, in the West Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) north of Witney.
Finstock railway station · 2.8 kmFinstock railway station serves the village of Finstock and the hamlet of Fawler in Oxfordshire, England. It is some distance from Finstock itself, being situated to the north-east of Charlbury Road, which crosses the…
- Leafield · 2.9 km
Leafield is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Witney in West Oxfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Langley, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Leafield village. The 2011 Census reco…
- Hailey, Oxfordshire · 3.1 km
Hailey is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) north of Witney, Oxfordshire. The village comprises three neighbourhoods: Middletown on the main road between Witney and Charlbury, Poffley End on the minor ro…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Towns in West Oxfordshire
- Alvescot
- Ascott-under-Wychwood
- Aston (West Oxfordshire)
- Bampton (West Oxfordshire)
- Black Bourton
- Bledington
- Brighthampton
- Brize Norton
- Burford
- Carterton
- Cassington
- Chadlington
- Charlbury
- Chipping Norton
- Churchill (West Oxfordshire)
- Clanfield (West Oxfordshire)
- Combe
- Cornwell
- Curbridge (West Oxfordshire)
- Delly End
- Ducklington
- Enstone
- Eynsham
- Filkins
- Finstock
- Freeland
- Fulbrook
- Gagingwell
- Great Rollright
- Hailey
- Hardwick (West Oxfordshire)
- Kencot
- Kingham
- Langford (West Oxfordshire)
- Leafield
- Little Tew
- Long Hanborough
- Middle Barton
- Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood
- Minster Lovell
- North Leigh
- Over Norton
- Ramsden
- Standlake
- Stanton Harcourt
- Stonesfield
- Sutton (West Oxfordshire)
- Tackley
- Upper Rissington
- Witney
- Wootton (West Oxfordshire)