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Chipping Norton

Chipping Norton is a town in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of around 5,719. There are around 6 restaurants and cafés, along with 21 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Kingham, 7.1 km away. The average sold house price is around £657,161, and there were around 51 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 Chipping Norton 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

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 52% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · 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

32 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences16
  • Public order3
  • Vehicle crime3
  • Anti-social behaviour2

2 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Chipping Norton · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Vehicle related anti-social behaviour – No specific location at this time. Youth related anti-social behaviour- Back Alley area.
  • Stores within the town centre seeing increase in shop lifting

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

89 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 75 rated 4–5 ★ (67 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kingham (7.1 km)
  • 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kingham (7.1 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: 171.9p · ESSO (0.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · ESSO (0.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

14 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 180 kW
  • Nearest: The Co-Operative Food, Chipping Norton (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches11
  • Playgrounds6

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

  • In a conservation area (Chipping Norton Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 138 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

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 / Labour / Green coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,054 jobs advertised · £35,459 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver (Part Time 24 hours) - Bicester, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Delivery Driver - Bicester

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

24% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Imports 34% · Solar 13% · Biomass 6%

196 gCO₂/kWh · 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 Banbury:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Chipping Norton Museum · 0.1 km

    Chipping Norton Museum is an independent local museum located on the High Street in the town of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England.

  • Chipping Norton Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Chipping Norton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. The building, which is used as an events venue, is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Chipping Norton Recording Studios · 0.3 km

    Chipping Norton Recording Studios was a residential recording studio in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, which operated from 1971 until October 1999.

  • Chipping Norton School · 0.3 km

    Chipping Norton School is a co-educational secondary school with academy status in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. It has 1000 students, with 200 in the sixth form. The school joined the River Learning Trust, a…

  • Chipping Norton · 0.3 km

    Chipping Norton is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswolds in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Banbury and 18 miles (29 km) north-west of Oxford. The…

  • The Theatre Chipping Norton · 0.4 km

    The Theatre Chipping Norton, sometimes The Theatre, Chipping Norton, is a multi-arts theatre, cinema, gallery and music venue in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Chipping Norton?
Chipping Norton is a town in Oxfordshire, England, in the West Oxfordshire local authority.
What is the population of Chipping Norton?
Chipping Norton has an approximate settlement population of 5,719.
How deprived is Chipping Norton?
The West Oxfordshire local authority, which includes Chipping Norton, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.