Mixbury

8°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:32

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026

• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Bicester Rural · Thames Valley

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

197 reported road collisions (2025)

57 killed or seriously injured · 259 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 10 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£355,981 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Cherwell · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,304 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £975
• 2 bed £1,217
• 3 bed £1,470

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,110 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: 175.9p · Asda (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Brackley (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Hearing dates for Local Plan announced· 30 Oct 2026
• The government has announced new minded-to decision for three new unitary councils· 29 Oct 2026
• Cherwell up for two awards as glass recycling tops 2,000 tonnes· 29 Oct 2026
• Government announces plans to progress with a mayoral strategic authority for the Thames Valley· 28 Oct 2026
• Celebrating one year of Banbury Playzones· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Cherwell Council

161,012 residents in Cherwell · 274/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,469
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,717
• Net moves+752

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 244 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 72,260)

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

74 schools · 24,283 pupils

53 primary · 9 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cherwell

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
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

251 applications decided

89.2% granted · 224 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Calum Miller

Liberal Democrat

Bicester and Woodstock

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 8
• LD 18
• Grn 4
• Ref 6
• Oth 4

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

8,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £34,620 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners, IT Service Engineer, IT Systems Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£784 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,182 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 75,407 certificates

9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

63% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Gas 35% · Biomass 25% · Imports 3%

167 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Oxfordshire): 66.6 women · 65.4 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in NN13

• Springfield Surgery
• Brackley Medical Centre
• South Northants Extended Access

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bicester and Woodstock:

• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation3,103 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks317 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND248 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK191 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills190 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Beaumont Castle · 0.1 km

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  Mixbury · 0.3 km

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  Evenley · 2.4 km

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  Finmere · 3.1 km

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