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Bloxham

Bloxham is a town in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of around 3,374. It has around 1 pharmacy and 2 restaurants and cafés, 17 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Banbury, 6 km away. There were around 16 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 Bloxham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cherwell area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 161,012 residents at roughly 274 people per km².

Council
Cherwell
County
Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury
Police force
Thames Valley
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 103rd of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Low crime60
Home affordability35
Affordable rents33
Good schools62
Life expectancy82
Low deprivation69
Employment82
Low council tax16

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

17°CMist

  • Today: 21° / 17° · 81% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:27

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

Crime

15 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Public order3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Banbury Rural · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Speeding Speeding has been identified as an issue in our rural villages. Community Speedwatch is running in some villages with others loo…
  • Parking issues continue to be a concern across the area, with Bloxham identified as a repeat problem location. Local residents have raise…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

23 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 22 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Banbury (5.4 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Banbury (5.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£353,632 average 3.8% YoY

Across Cherwell · to 2026-06

Detached£572,119
Semi-detached£352,990
Terraced£290,654
Flat£170,071

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Morrisons (5.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (5.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

28 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Home (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches9
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

161,012 residents in Cherwell · 274/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,722
B £2,009
C £2,296
D £2,583
E £3,157
F £3,731
G £4,305
H £5,166

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth FormGood
  • Gosford Hill SchoolGood
  • The Bicester SchoolGood
  • The Warriner SchoolGood
  • Whitelands AcademyGood
  • Futures Institute Banbury
  • North Oxfordshire Academy
  • The Cooper School
  • Wykham Park

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cherwell

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

  • In a conservation area (Bloxham)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 131 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

234 applications decided

87.2% granted · 204 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sean Woodcock

Labour

Banbury

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure 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 / Green / Independent coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,535 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

37 jobs advertised · £32,662 avg

e.g. Professional House Cleaner, Rental Property Cleaning Specialists, Property End of Tenancy Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

65% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 28% · Gas 25% · Wind 20% · Biomass 17%

124 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Banbury:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bloxham School · 0.2 km

    Bloxham School, also called All Saints' School, is a private co-educational day and boarding school of the British public school tradition, located in the village of Bloxham, three miles (5 km) from the town of Banbur…

  • Bloxham · 0.3 km

    Bloxham is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire several miles from the Cotswolds, about 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Banbury. It is on the edge of a valley and overlooked by Hobb Hill. The village is on t…

  • St Mary's Church, Bloxham · 0.3 km

    The church of Our Lady of Bloxham, informally called St Mary's Bloxham, is the Church of England parish church in Bloxham, Oxfordshire. It is notable for its 14th-century tower and spire, which is the highest in Oxfor…

  • Bloxham Village Museum · 0.3 km

    Bloxham Village Museum is a local museum located in the village of Bloxham in Oxfordshire, England.

  • Bloxham railway station · 0.8 km

    Bloxham railway station served the village of Bloxham in northern Oxfordshire, England.

  • The Warriner School · 0.8 km

    The Warriner School is a coeducational secondary school in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England. The school opened in 1971 and now has 1,500 pupils in the 11–18 age range, having opened a sixth form in September 2013. It has…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bloxham?
Bloxham is a town in Oxfordshire, England, in the Cherwell local authority.
What is the population of Bloxham?
Bloxham has an approximate settlement population of 3,374.
How deprived is Bloxham?
The Cherwell local authority, which includes Bloxham, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.