Steventon

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 17° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:26

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

54 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Theft from the person21
• Other theft12
• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour4

7 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Wantage and Grove · 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)

40 food businesses within 2 miles

• 33 rated 4–5 ★ (29 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Burlescombe (5.3 km)
• 9 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: 169.9p · Asda (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Harvester Didcot (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds3

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 55 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

Olly Glover

Liberal Democrat

Didcot and Wantage

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 31
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

38 jobs advertised · £32,352 avg

e.g. IT Service Engineer, Residential End of Tenancy Cleaners, End of Tenancy House 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

34% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Imports 28% · Solar 23% · Biomass 6%

175 gCO₂/kWh · 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 Didcot and Wantage:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership723 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership489 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s381 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test314 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office285 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Steventon, Oxfordshire · 0.1 km

  Steventon is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Abingdon and a similar distance west of Didcot. It lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Berkshire. The 2…

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  Steventon railway station · 0.4 km

  Steventon railway station was built when the Great Western Railway extended their main line from Reading to the village of Steventon, opening the line on 1 June 1840. Two months later, on 20 July, it was extended to F…

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  Priory Cottages, Steventon · 0.8 km

  Priory Cottages is a 14th-century manor house and former monastic grange which had the status of a priory at Steventon in the English county of Oxfordshire.

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  Milton United F.C. · 1.6 km

  Milton United Football Club is a football club based in Milton, near Didcot in Oxfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association, they are currently members of the Oxfordshire Senior League Pr…

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  Milton, Vale of White Horse · 1.6 km

  Milton is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) west of Didcot and a similar distance south of Abingdon. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,290.

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  Milton Park · 2.0 km

  Milton Park is the UK’s largest single ownership innovation community, situated in Vale of the White Horse in South Oxfordshire, England. The Park is located between Didcot and Abingdon in Science Vale UK, a cluster o…

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