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Shippon

Shippon is a village in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has 1 supermarket, 2 restaurants and cafés, 14 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Radley, 4.4 km away. There were around 75 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 Shippon area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Vale of White Horse area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 138,913 residents at roughly 240 people per km².

Council
Vale of White Horse
County
Oxfordshire
Constituency
Wantage
Police force
Thames Valley
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 20th of 294 English council areas — better than 93% of them.

Low crime93
Home affordability41
Affordable rents51
Good schools55
Life expectancy86
Low deprivation94
Employment94
Low council tax17

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

8°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.6 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

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

147 reported road collisions (2025)

39 killed or seriously injured · 170 casualties · 10.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

144 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 115 rated 4–5 ★ (88 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Radley (4.4 km)
  • 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Radley (4.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£411,712 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Vale of White Horse · to 2026-08

Detached£662,416
Semi-detached£402,480
Terraced£325,936
Flat£209,356

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,352 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £987
  • 2 bed £1,230
  • 3 bed £1,503

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

Affordability

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,018 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: 173.9p · Asda (1.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (1.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

38 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Fairacres Retail Park, Abingdon (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches39
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

138,913 residents in Vale of White Horse · 240/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,643
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,391
  • Net moves+2,252

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 280 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,577 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 64,770)

A £1,718
B £2,005
C £2,291
D £2,577
E £3,150
F £3,723
G £4,296
H £5,155

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

Schools

73 schools · 24,091 pupils

50 primary · 8 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Faringdon Community CollegeGood
  • King Alfred'sGood
  • UTC OxfordshireGood
  • Aureus School
  • Fitzharrys School
  • John Mason School
  • Larkmead School
  • Matthew Arnold School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Vale of White Horse

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
  • 131 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

201 applications decided

95.5% granted · 192 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat

Oxford West and Abingdon

Recent votes:

  • 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
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 1
  • LD 31
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools11
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

58 jobs advertised · £41,551 avg

e.g. Commercial Advisor - Retention & Loyalty, Pricing & Commercial Trading Manager, Customer Lifecycle Marketing Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£827 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,081 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

56% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 70,187 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Wind 26% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 10%

210 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in OX13

  • Abingdon Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Oxford West and Abingdon:

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

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Shippon?
Shippon is a town in Oxfordshire, England, in the Vale of White Horse local authority.
How deprived is Shippon?
The Vale of White Horse local authority, which includes Shippon, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.