Benson

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 13° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:30

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

15 reported · July 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Burglary1
• Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Wallingford, Berinsfield and Cholsey · Thames Valley

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

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)

75 food businesses within 2 miles

• 62 rated 4–5 ★ (49 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wallingford (3.1 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£474,283 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across South Oxfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Asda (2.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: HR Wallingford LTD (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

149,082 residents in South Oxfordshire · 220/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,598 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Oxfordshire

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

• In a conservation area (Benson Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 81 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

360 applications decided

92.5% granted · 333 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal Democrat

Henley and Thame

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

47 jobs advertised · £38,397 avg

e.g. Senior Civil Engineer Highways Consultant, Roadside Car Mechanic in the area of Reading, Customer Team Leader

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Gas 24% · Biomass 15% · Nuclear 9%

114 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

6 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in OX10

• Benson Medical Centre
• Berinsfield Health Centre
• Mill Stream Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Henley and Thame:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership682 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership386 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases299 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s289 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office263 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Benson, Oxfordshire · 0.1 km

  Benson is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census gave the parish population as 4,754. It lies about a mile and a half (2.4 km) north of Wallingford at the foot of the Chiltern Hills,…

• Benson Veteran Cycle Museum · 0.6 km

  Benson Veteran Cycle Museum is a private museum of veteran cycles located at The Bungalow on Brook Street in the village of Benson near Wallingford in Oxfordshire, England.

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  Benson Lock · 0.7 km

  Benson Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, close to Benson, Oxfordshire but on the opposite bank of the river. The first pound lock here was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1788 and it was repl…

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  Preston Crowmarsh · 0.9 km

  Preston Crowmarsh is a hamlet in Benson civil parish in South Oxfordshire. It is on the River Thames 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Wallingford. The river can be crossed on foot here at Benson Lock.

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  RAF Benson · 1.1 km

  Royal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson is a Royal Air Force station located at Benson, near Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England. It is a front-line station and from 2009 to 2025 was home to the RAF's fleet of Wes…

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  Howbery Park · 1.6 km

  Howbery Park is a 36-ha park located adjacent to the River Thames in Crowmarsh Gifford near Wallingford, UK. Its main feature is an English manor house built in about 1850 by Member of Parliament (MP) William Seymou…

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