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Broughton (Cherwell)

Broughton (Cherwell) is a town or village in Oxfordshire, England. It has 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Banbury, 5 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Broughton (Cherwell) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cherwell area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). 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
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 93rd of 294 English council areas — better than 68% of them.

Low crime60
Home affordability35
Affordable rents33
Good schools62
Life expectancy81
Low deprivation82
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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:33

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

197 reported road collisions (2025)

57 killed or seriously injured · 259 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

30 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 29 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Banbury (5.0 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Banbury (5.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£355,981 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Cherwell · to 2026-08

Detached£571,986
Semi-detached£355,133
Terraced£294,660
Flat£172,531

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,304 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £975
  • 2 bed £1,217
  • 3 bed £1,470

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

Property sales

2,110 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 172.9p · Asda (6.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (6.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

26 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Home (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,469
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,717
  • Net moves+752

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 244 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

67 inspected 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

672 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes149
  • GP practices107
  • Dentists167
  • Homecare agencies173
  • Hospitals & hospices16

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oxfordshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

251 applications decided

89.2% granted · 224 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

  • Lab 8
  • Con 8
  • LD 18
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Oxfordshire): 66.6 women · 65.4 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in OX15

  • Deddington Health Centre
  • Bloxham Surgery
  • Sibford Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Banbury:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Broughton Castle · 0.3 km

    Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton, which is about two miles (3 km) southwest of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England, on the B4035 road.

  • Broughton, Oxfordshire · 0.5 km

    Broughton is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire, England, about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) southwest of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 286.

  • North Newington · 1.4 km

    North Newington is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Banbury. The 2011 census recorded the parish population as 324. The parish is nearly 2 miles (3 km) long eas…

  • Tadmarton · 2.4 km

    Tadmarton is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Banbury, Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 541, which is a 26% increase on the figure of 430 recorded by the 2001 C…

  • Tudor Hall School, Banbury · 2.5 km

    Tudor Hall School is a private day and boarding school for girls in Oxfordshire, situated between Bloxham and Banbury. It was founded by a Baptist Minister and his wife, and moved to several different places before th…

  • Crouch Hill, Banbury · 2.5 km

    Crouch Hill is a partly artificial hill one mile to the south-west of Banbury Church in Banbury, Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom. The top of the hill, which is a cone in shape, is the artificial part, as examined…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Broughton (Cherwell)?
Broughton (Cherwell) is a town in Oxfordshire, England, in the Cherwell local authority.
How deprived is Broughton (Cherwell)?
The Cherwell local authority, which includes Broughton (Cherwell), is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.