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Ramsden

Ramsden is a village in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 5 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Finstock, 2.3 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ramsden 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

11°CMist

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:30

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 67% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Witney · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • It was reported from the recent survey that ASB was being committed in the community, specifically in the areas of the town centre, The L…
  • The survey returned that the public are seeing drug related activity in the areas of the town centre, Madley Park and Deer Park.

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

15 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 13 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Finstock (2.3 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Finstock (2.3 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: 164.7p · Asda (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Valero (5.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Dark Lane (5.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds2

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 (Ramsden Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 58 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

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

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

15 jobs advertised · £33,733 avg

e.g. IT Technician, IT Support & Infrastructure Engineer, MSP Field Engineer

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

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 Witney:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Finstock · 1.5 km

    Finstock is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) south of Charlbury in Oxfordshire, England.

  • Wilcote · 1.5 km

    Wilcote is a hamlet in the civil parish of North Leigh, in the West Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) north of Witney.

  • Finstock railway station · 2.3 km

    Finstock railway station serves the village of Finstock and the hamlet of Fawler in Oxfordshire, England. It is some distance from Finstock itself, being situated to the north-east of Charlbury Road, which crosses the…

  • Wychwood · 2.7 km

    Wychwood or Wychwood Forest is a 501.7-hectare (1,240-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Witney in Oxfordshire. It is also a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, and an area of 263.4 he…

  • Fawler · 2.7 km

    Fawler is a hamlet and civil parish in the valley of the River Evenlode, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Charlbury in Oxfordshire, England. There are traces of a Roman villa at Oatlands Farm. The manor house was built…

  • Hailey, Oxfordshire · 2.8 km

    Hailey is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) north of Witney, Oxfordshire. The village comprises three neighbourhoods: Middletown on the main road between Witney and Charlbury, Poffley End on the minor ro…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Ramsden?
Ramsden is a town in Oxfordshire, England, in the West Oxfordshire local authority.
How deprived is Ramsden?
The West Oxfordshire local authority, which includes Ramsden, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.