Ewelme
Ewelme is a village in Oxfordshire, England. It has 3 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Wallingford, 5.1 km away. There were around 3 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 Ewelme 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
- Henley
- 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: 11° / 8° · 20% 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
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, 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
1 reported · August 2026▼ 75% YoY
- Anti-social behaviour1
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
11 food businesses within 2 miles
- 8 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Wallingford (5.1 km)
- 3 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Cholsey (8.2 km):
Loading live departures…
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: 174.9p · Asda (4.6 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (4.6 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
5 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: HR Wallingford LTD (3.2 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches6
- Playgrounds2
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
- In a conservation area (Ewelme Conservation Area)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 51 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
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
- Schools2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
8,790 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
21 jobs advertised · £33,119 avg
e.g. Labourer, LGV Driver Class 2, Evening Nursery Cleaner
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
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 Henley and Thame:
- Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation578 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks430 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases301 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND228 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU228 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Ewelme · 0.2 kmEwelme is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, 2.5 miles (4 km) northeast of the market town of Wallingford. The 2011 census recorded the parish's population as 1,048. To the east of…
Ewelme Watercress Beds · 0.5 kmEwelme Watercress Beds is a 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Ewelme in Oxfordshire. It is owned and managed by the Chiltern Society.
RAF Benson · 1.8 kmRoyal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson is a Royal Air Force station located at Benson, near Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England. It is a front-line station and from 2009 to 2025 was home to the RAF's fleet of Wes…
- Benson Veteran Cycle Museum · 2.2 km
Benson Veteran Cycle Museum is a private museum of veteran cycles located at The Bungalow on Brook Street in the village of Benson near Wallingford in Oxfordshire, England.
Roke · 2.6 kmRoke is a hamlet in South Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Wallingford. It has a sixteenth-century public house, the Home Sweet Home. It is now included in the neighbouring civil parish of Berrick Salome.
Benson, Oxfordshire · 2.8 kmBenson is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census gave the parish population as 4,754. It lies about a mile and a half (2.4 km) north of Wallingford at the foot of the Chiltern Hills,…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ewelme?
- Ewelme is a town in Oxfordshire, England, in the South Oxfordshire local authority.
- How deprived is Ewelme?
- The South Oxfordshire local authority, which includes Ewelme, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.