South Hinksey

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:30

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

• 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

114 reported · August 2026▲ 104% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences36
• Anti-social behaviour15
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Other theft11

11 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Abingdon Outer · Thames Valley

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

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 465 rated 4–5 ★ (404 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Oxford (2.2 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£411,712 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Vale of White Horse · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (10.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

79 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: OCCAPT007 (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres11
• Swimming pools15
• Sports pitches68
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,577 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

201 applications decided

95.5% granted · 192 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat

Oxford West and Abingdon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 31
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

192 jobs advertised · £41,017 avg

e.g. Special Education Needs Teacher, SLD Tutor, Business Development Manager - Biotechnology

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 29% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 10%

194 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in OX1

• Beaumont Elms Practice
• Luther Street Medical Practice
• Northgate Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks425 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills187 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND175 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements127 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after94 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

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  South Hinksey · 0.2 km

  South Hinksey is a village and civil parish just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Oxford. The parish includes the residential area of Hinksey Hill about 0.5 miles (800 m) south of the village.

• Hinksey · 0.2 km

  Hinksey is the name of a number of places on the fringe of Oxford, including the villages of North and South Hinksey, the suburb of New Hinksey, and Hinksey Stream, a branch of the River Thames. Prior to the county…

• Hinksey Halt railway station · 0.5 km

  Hinksey Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve New Hinksey, a suburb of Oxford.

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  Hinksey Sculling School · 0.7 km

  Hinksey Sculling School is a community rowing club on the River Thames for junior rowers. The club is unusual in the fact that it operates from three venues across Oxfordshire, England. The Sculling School runs as a c…

• New Hinksey · 0.7 km

  New Hinksey is a suburb in the south of the city of Oxford.

• Abingdon Road Halt railway station · 0.9 km

  Abingdon Road Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve South Hinksey, a village near Oxford.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)