Didcot

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:32

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

• 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

157 reported · August 2026▲ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences60
• Shoplifting22
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Criminal damage & arson18

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Didcot · Thames Valley

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

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)

131 food businesses within 2 miles

• 105 rated 4–5 ★ (81 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Didcot Parkway (0.2 km)
• 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£471,427 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across South Oxfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (7.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: RAW GREENE KING PRINCE WALES 1 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches50
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

149,082 residents in South Oxfordshire · 220/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 287 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Oxfordshire

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

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

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

304 applications decided

96.1% granted · 292 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Olly Glover

Liberal Democrat

Didcot and Wantage

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 3
• Con 1
• LD 20
• Grn 8
• Oth 4

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens104
• Restaurants & cafés49

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

640 jobs advertised · £41,370 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Oxfordshire, Delivery Driver (Part Time) - Stanford in the Vale, Senior Quantity Surveyor

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

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

• 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

4 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in OX11

• Didcot Health Centre Practice
• Woodlands Medical Centre
• Oak Tree Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

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  Vauxhall Barracks · 0.2 km

  Vauxhall Barracks is a British Army installation in Didcot, Oxfordshire.

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  Didcot Parkway railway station · 0.3 km

  Didcot Parkway is a railway station serving Didcot, a town in Oxfordshire, England. The station was opened as Didcot on 12 June 1844 and was renamed Didcot Parkway on 29 July 1985 by British Rail, to reflect its role…

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  Didcot · 0.4 km

  Didcot is a railway town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, located 15 miles (24 km) south of Oxford, 10 miles (16 km) east of Wantage and 15 miles (24 km) north west of Reading. Historically part of Berk…

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  British Airways Flight 5390 · 0.4 km

  British Airways Flight 5390 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Birmingham Airport in England to Málaga Airport in Spain. On 10 June 1990, the BAC One-Eleven suffered an explosive decompression. While…

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  Didcot Railway Centre · 0.5 km

  Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum and preservation engineering site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. The site was formerly a Great Western Railway engine shed and locomotive stabling point.

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  Didcot Town F.C. · 0.6 km

  Didcot Town Football Club are a football club based in Didcot in Oxfordshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association They won the FA Vase in 2005 and are currently members of Divisio…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)