Cholsey
Cholsey is a village in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of around 3,081. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 13 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Cholsey, 0.7 km away. There were around 13 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 Cholsey area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the South Oxfordshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 149,082 residents at roughly 220 people per km².
- Council
- South Oxfordshire
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Wantage
- Police force
- Thames Valley
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 55th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.
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°COvercast
- Today: 10° / 8° · 22% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:32
9h 29m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
13 reported · August 2026▲ 30% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences9
- Anti-social behaviour2
- Other theft1
- Public order1
Neighbourhood team: Wallingford, Berinsfield and Cholsey · Thames Valley
Local policing priorities
- Reduce drug-related offending and knife-enabled crime
- Reduce the frequency and impact of anti-social behaviour and disorder
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
142 reported road collisions (2025)
29 killed or seriously injured · 175 casualties · 9.5 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
29 food businesses within 2 miles
- 25 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Cholsey (0.7 km)
- 13 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Cholsey (0.7 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£471,427 average▲ 2.2% YoY
Across South Oxfordshire · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,402 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY
- 1 bed £1,042
- 2 bed £1,292
- 3 bed £1,615
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
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
Property sales
1,943 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 (11.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (11.2 km)
2 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
10 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: The Springs Resort And Golf Club (2.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Gyms1
- Swimming pools11
- Sports pitches7
- Playgrounds3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
149,082 residents in South Oxfordshire · 220/km²
- Under 16: 19%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 21%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,385
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,362
- Net moves+2,023
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 287 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£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
Schools
85 schools · 25,829 pupils
57 primary · 9 secondary · 19 other
Ofsted: 22 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)
72 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Gillotts SchoolOutstanding
- Langtree SchoolGood
- Lord Williams's SchoolGood
- Maiden Erlegh Chiltern EdgeGood
- Didcot Girls' School
- Icknield Community College
- St Birinus School
- Wallingford School
- Wheatley Park School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Oxfordshire
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
- 58 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
304 applications decided
96.1% granted · 292 granted, 12 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Olly Glover
Liberal Democrat
Didcot and Wantage
Recent votes:
- NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
- NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
- NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
- AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat majority
- Lab 3
- Con 1
- LD 20
- Grn 8
- Oth 4
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools3
- Pharmacies1
- Parks & greens7
- Restaurants & cafés4
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
8,790 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
17 jobs advertised · £33,860 avg
e.g. Mental Health Support Worker, Wallingford, Bank Mental Health Support Worker, Wallingford, IT Support & Infrastructure Engineer
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
41% low-carbon electricity
Gas 52% · Solar 15% · Wind 14% · Imports 8%
215 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity
Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Oxfordshire): 66.6 women · 65.4 men
64% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- 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
Health services
6 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in OX10
- Benson Medical Centre
- Berinsfield Health Centre
- Mill Stream Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Didcot and Wantage:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks420 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND377 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases281 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth218 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Make it illegal to walk dogs during extreme heat to prevent suffering and death.213 local signatures · 11,618 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- Cholsey · 0.1 km
Cholsey is a village and civil parish immediately south of Wallingford in South Oxfordshire. Its population in 2011 was 3,457. 2011 Census. Its parish boundary, some 17 miles (27 km) long, reaches from the edge of Wal…
Cholsey railway station · 0.7 kmCholsey railway station serves the village of Cholsey and the town of Wallingford, in south Oxfordshire, England. It is 48 miles 37 chains (78.0 km) down the line from London Paddington and is situated between Goring…
Fair Mile Hospital · 0.8 kmFair Mile Hospital was a lunatic asylum built in 1870 in the village of Cholsey, 2 miles (3 km) south of Wallingford and north of Moulsford. The asylum was built next to the River Thames between Wallingford and Readin…
- Cholsey Abbey · 0.9 km
Cholsey Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon abbey in Cholsey in what is now the English county of Oxfordshire, which was founded between 993 and 997 by King Æthelred the Unready on land which he had acquired from his mother, Æl…
Moulsford railway station · 1.3 kmMoulsford railway station was on the original route of the Great Western Railway, being one of three intermediate stations provided when the line was extended from Reading to Steventon in 1840.
Cholsey Marsh · 1.4 kmCholsey Marsh is a 19-hectare (47-acre) nature reserve near Cholsey in Oxfordshire, England. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cholsey?
- Cholsey is a town in Oxfordshire, England, in the South Oxfordshire local authority.
- What is the population of Cholsey?
- Cholsey has an approximate settlement population of 3,081.
- How deprived is Cholsey?
- The South Oxfordshire local authority, which includes Cholsey, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.