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Abingdon-on-Thames

Abingdon-on-Thames is a town in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of around 38,000. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 4 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and around 37 restaurants and cafés, with 23 bus stops and Culham railway station 3.2 km away. There were around 149 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Abingdon-on-Thames area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Oxfordshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 149,082 residents at roughly 220 people per km².

Council
South Oxfordshire
County
Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley
Police force
Thames Valley
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 56th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.

Low crime96
Home affordability29
Affordable rents45
Good schools15
Life expectancy94
Low deprivation95
Employment96
Low council tax13

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

18°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 21° / 16° · 78% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:26

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

Crime

176 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences73
  • Anti-social behaviour23
  • Public order18
  • Criminal damage & arson14

5 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Wallingford, Berinsfield and Cholsey · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Knife crime and drug use in Wallingford, Benson and Berinsfield
  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Wallingford, Benson and Berinsfield

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

Road safety

142 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 9.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

139 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 116 rated 4–5 ★ (86 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Culham (3.2 km)
  • 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Culham (3.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£474,283 average 5.2% YoY

Across South Oxfordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£776,179
Semi-detached£454,209
Terraced£372,583
Flat£238,779

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,392 average monthly rent 2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,034
  • 2 bed £1,282
  • 3 bed £1,602

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

Affordability

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (10.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (1.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (1.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

39 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Cattle Market Car Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres7
  • Gyms4
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches49
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

149,082 residents in South Oxfordshire · 220/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 302 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,598 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 67,120)

A £1,732
B £2,020
C £2,309
D £2,598
E £3,175
F £3,752
G £4,329
H £5,195

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

Schools

85 schools · 25,829 pupils

57 primary · 9 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 22 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

72inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Gillotts SchoolOutstanding
  • Langtree SchoolGood
  • Lord Williams's SchoolGood
  • Maiden Erlegh Chiltern EdgeGood
  • Didcot Girls' School
  • Icknield Community College
  • St Birinus School
  • Wallingford School
  • Wheatley Park School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South 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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 279 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

360 applications decided

92.5% granted · 333 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Olly Glover

Liberal Democrat

Didcot and Wantage

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 3
  • Con 1
  • LD 20
  • Grn 8
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens19
  • Restaurants & cafés49

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£935 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£35,652 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 67,091 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Imports 35% · Wind 15% · Biomass 10%

187 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Health services

10 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in OX14

  • Malthouse Surgery
  • Clifton Hampden Surgery
  • Marcham Rd Family Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Didcot and Wantage:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Abingdon Town F.C. · 0.2 km

    Abingdon Town Football Club is a football club based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. They are currently members of the Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division and play at Culham Road.

  • Nag's Head Island · 0.2 km

    Nag's Head Island is an island in the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England at Abingdon. It sits in the middle of the two Abingdon Bridges on the reach above Culham Lock.

  • Abingdon Bridge · 0.2 km

    Abingdon Bridge crosses the River Thames at the town of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. It carries the A415 road from Abingdon to Dorchester, Oxfordshire, over the reach of the Thames between Culham Lock and Abingdon…

  • Helenstowe Nunnery · 0.4 km

    Helenstowe Nunnery was an Anglo-Saxon nunnery at Abingdon in the English county of Berkshire.

  • St Helen's Church, Abingdon · 0.4 km

    St Helen's Church is a Church of England parish church in Abingdon on the bank of the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. The church is thought to occupy the site of the Anglo-Saxon Helenstowe Nunnery.

  • River Ock · 0.4 km

    The River Ock is a small English river which is a tributary of the River Thames. It has as its catchment area the Vale of White Horse, a low-lying and wide valley in south Oxfordshire, and flows into the River Thames,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Abingdon-on-Thames?
Abingdon-on-Thames is a town in Oxfordshire, England, in the South Oxfordshire local authority.
How deprived is Abingdon-on-Thames?
The South Oxfordshire local authority, which includes Abingdon-on-Thames, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.