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Carterton

Carterton is a town in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of around 15,680. It has 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, around 19 restaurants and cafés, and 23 bus stops. The average sold house price is around £352,514, and there were around 77 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 Carterton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Oxfordshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 114,236 residents at roughly 160 people per km².

Council
West Oxfordshire
County
Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney
Police force
Thames Valley
73/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 10th of 294 English council areas — better than 97% of them.

Low crime94
Home affordability30
Affordable rents38
Good schools87
Life expectancy94
Low deprivation95
Employment96
Low council tax18

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°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 21° / 16° · 82% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:28

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

89 reported · July 2026 25% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences36
  • Criminal damage & arson14
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Public order6

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Carterton, Bampton and Burford · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • We have been informed of anti social driving in the town centre, next to the football club and on Monahan Way in Carterton. Loud Exhausts…
  • We have been informed by the public about Youth Persons causing issues on the recreational grounds. We have ben told about shopliftings,…

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

Road safety

128 reported road collisions (2024)

34 killed or seriously injured · 161 casualties · 11.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

80 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 74 rated 4–5 ★ (71 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Shipton (11.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£416,425 average 1.5% YoY

Across West Oxfordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£655,215
Semi-detached£410,068
Terraced£335,070
Flat£211,622

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,293 average monthly rent

  • 1 bed £946
  • 2 bed £1,197
  • 3 bed £1,503

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

Affordability

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (0.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (0.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Black Bourton Road Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches20
  • Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

114,236 residents in West Oxfordshire · 160/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 301 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,567 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (33% of 53,980)

A £1,711
B £1,997
C £2,282
D £2,567
E £3,137
F £3,708
G £4,278
H £5,134

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

Schools

65 schools · 18,635 pupils

49 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 27 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bartholomew SchoolOutstanding
  • Carterton Community CollegeGood
  • Burford School
  • Chipping Norton School
  • The Henry Box School
  • The Marlborough Church of England School
  • Wood Green School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West 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

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

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

Planning decisions

272 applications decided

95.2% granted · 259 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Charlie Maynard

Liberal Democrat

Witney

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

  • Lab 8
  • Con 16
  • LD 20
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens31
  • Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

195 jobs advertised · £41,900 avg

e.g. Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Become a Maths Tutor in Carterton – Flexible & Remote, Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£767 median full-time weekly pay

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

£32,992 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 56,152 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

11% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Imports 37% · Biomass 5% · Wind 3%

236 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 83 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Witney:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Carterton Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Carterton Town Hall is a municipal building in Alvescot Road in Carterton, Oxfordshire, a town in England. It accommodates the offices and meeting place of Carterton Town Council.

  • Carterton, Oxfordshire · 0.3 km

    Carterton is a town in West Oxfordshire district in the county of Oxfordshire, England and is 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Witney. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 15,769. The current population a…

  • Carterton Community College · 0.6 km

    Carterton Community College is a coeducational secondary school located in Carterton in the English county of Oxfordshire.

  • Royal Air Force Football Association · 1.2 km

    The Royal Air Force Football Association, also known as the RAF FA, is the governing body of football within the Royal Air Force.

  • RAF Brize Norton · 1.2 km

    RAF Brize Norton is the largest station of the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom. It is located in Oxfordshire, approximately 75 mi (121 km) west-northwest of London, near the village of Brize Norton and the towns…

  • Alvescot Meadows · 1.9 km

    Alvescot Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest just under 3 hectares in size near Alvescot in Oxfordshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Carterton?
Carterton is a town in Oxfordshire, England, in the West Oxfordshire local authority.
What is the population of Carterton?
Carterton has an approximate settlement population of 15,680.
How deprived is Carterton?
The West Oxfordshire local authority, which includes Carterton, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.