South Hinksey

17°CFog

• Today: 25° / 16° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:24

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

97 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences28
• Public order14
• Shoplifting11
• Anti-social behaviour10

9 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Abingdon Outer · Thames Valley

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

135 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 161 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 466 rated 4–5 ★ (407 top)
• 8 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

£414,441 average▲ 6.3% YoY

Across Vale of White Horse · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,343 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £981
• 2 bed £1,222
• 3 bed £1,493

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (7.8 km)

6 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 305 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

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

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

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

259 applications decided

95.8% granted · 248 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

6,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

265 jobs advertised · £40,630 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician - Oxford, Mobile Mechanic, Office Cleaners

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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Wind 14% · Biomass 9% · Imports 8%

256 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 82.7 yrs 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

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

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership776 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership387 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks199 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills187 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

• 
  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.

• 
  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)