Banbury

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:27

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

385 reported · July 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences158
• Anti-social behaviour59
• Shoplifting52
• Public order40

28 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Banbury Town · Thames Valley

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

751 reported road collisions (2024)

133 killed or seriously injured · 990 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

338 food businesses within 2 miles

• 279 rated 4–5 ★ (240 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

£292,754 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across West Northamptonshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,078 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £748
• 2 bed £950
• 3 bed £1,160

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Morrisons (0.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (0.7 km)

4 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)

£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

148 primary · 17 secondary · 43 other

Ofsted: 88 of 95 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

187inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

447 CQC-registered services

• Care homes107
• GP practices57
• Dentists64
• Homecare agencies170
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 79% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 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)

449 applications decided

90.4% granted · 406 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sean Woodcock

Labour

Banbury

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 8
• Con 17
• LD 7
• Ref 39
• Oth 5

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

21,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,160 jobs advertised · £37,926 avg

e.g. Staff Nurse - Pre-Assessment, Lead Ophthalmology Scrub Practitioner, Infection Prevention and Control Nurse

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 24% · Biomass 8% · Imports 8%

37 gCO₂/kWh · low 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:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership790 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases506 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership371 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office315 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

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  Cornhill Corn Exchange, Banbury · 0.4 km

  The Cornhill Corn Exchange was a commercial building in the Market Place of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The façade of the building, which has been preserved, now forms an entrance to the Castle Quay Shopping Centre…

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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.

• Banbury Castle · 0.5 km

  Banbury Castle was a medieval castle that stood near the centre of the town of Banbury, Oxfordshire. Historian John Kenyon notes that the castle is "remarkable for its early concentric shape".

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  Banbury Town Hall · 0.6 km

  Banbury Town Hall is a municipal facility in the High Street in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Banbury Borough Council from its completion in 1854 until 1930, is a Grade II…

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  North Oxfordshire · 0.6 km

  North Oxfordshire or Northern Oxfordshire will be a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England. It is planned to be formed on 1 April 2028, with the first elections taking place in May 202…

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  Castle Quay Shopping Centre · 0.6 km

  Castle Quay Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the town of Banbury, North Oxfordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)