Banbury

17°CFog

• Today: 20° / 16° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

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

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

384 reported · July 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences156
• Anti-social behaviour58
• Shoplifting52
• Public order39

28 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Banbury Town · Thames Valley

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

212 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 13.2 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)
• 59 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£353,632 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Cherwell · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,294 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £967
• 2 bed £1,208
• 3 bed £1,458

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

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Morrisons (0.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · 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 pitches34
• Playgrounds26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Planning Committee to consider council's proposed response to Site A application· 11 Sept 2026
• A statement from Cherwell District Council's leader on Local Government Reorganisation announcement· 7 Sept 2026
• Residents encouraged to attend flood preparation event· 1 Sept 2026
• Council leader writes to government for action on fridge freezer recycling· 28 Aug 2026
• Leader welcomes completion of Kidlington waste site clearance· 27 Aug 2026

Source: Cherwell Council

161,012 residents in Cherwell · 274/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 220 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 72,260)

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

74 schools · 24,283 pupils

53 primary · 9 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cherwell

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

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

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

234 applications decided

87.2% granted · 204 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sean Woodcock

Labour

Banbury

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 8
• LD 21
• Grn 4
• Ref 6
• Oth 1

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics10
• Pharmacies8
• Supermarkets18
• Parks & greens43
• Restaurants & cafés98

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,535 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

£784 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,182 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 75,407 certificates

9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

37% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Nuclear 18% · Wind 15% · Imports 5%

234 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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…

• 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 · 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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  Tooley's Boatyard · 0.5 km

  Tooley's Boatyard is a dockyard on the Oxford Canal in the centre of the town of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

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  Banbury Museum · 0.5 km

  Banbury Museum & Gallery is a local museum in the town of Banbury, north Oxfordshire, England. It displays exhibits on the history of the town.

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  Castle Quay Shopping Centre · 0.5 km

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

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)