Banbury

7°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 5° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

372 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences123
• Anti-social behaviour60
• Shoplifting54
• Public order33

28 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

770 reported road collisions (2025)

163 killed or seriously injured · 1,016 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

342 food businesses within 2 miles

• 281 rated 4–5 ★ (241 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Banbury (1.0 km)
• 61 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£289,726 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across West Northamptonshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,084 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £752
• 2 bed £954
• 3 bed £1,166

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

5,714 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

• Cheapest petrol: 172.9p · Asda (1.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (1.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: 56-60 Calthorpe Street (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches32
• Playgrounds25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

425,727 residents in West Northamptonshire · 309/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK22,696
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK22,216
• Net moves+480

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 182 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 185,940)

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

208 schools · 69,080 pupils

147 primary · 18 secondary · 43 other

Ofsted: 87 of 94 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Northamptonshire

449 CQC-registered services

• Care homes108
• GP practices56
• Dentists65
• Homecare agencies169
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Northamptonshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 210 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

498 applications decided

85.3% granted · 425 granted, 73 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sean Woodcock

Labour

Banbury

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 8
• Con 17
• LD 8
• Ref 39
• Oth 4

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics10
• Pharmacies8
• Supermarkets18
• Parks & greens45
• Restaurants & cafés98

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

21,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,137 jobs advertised · £36,882 avg

e.g. Band Saw Operator, Electrician, Electrical Engineering - 12-month Undergraduate Industrial Placement

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,629 disposable income per head (2024)

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

64% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,687 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.9 women · 61.6 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

9 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in OX16

• Oxfordshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Windrush Surgery
• Banbury Cross Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Banbury:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases507 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks336 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation242 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills174 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND155 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Banbury · 0.5 km

  Banbury is an historic market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, officially part of South East England.

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  Banbury Lido · 0.6 km

  The Banbury Lido, also known as Woodgreen Lido and Banbury Open Air Pool, is an open-air swimming pool at Woodgreen Leisure Centre, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)