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Oxfordshire has 40 towns of 2,500 or more and 154 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.

40graded towns

21grade A− or better

154villages and smaller places

Oxfordlargest · 170,799

How Oxfordshire compares: its report card →

#1 in OxfordshireGoringA⁺

#2 in OxfordshireLong HanboroughA⁺

#3 in OxfordshireWoodstockA⁺

#4 in OxfordshireThameA⁺

Oxfordshire at a glance

What Oxfordshire is like

The typical Oxfordshire town grades highest on jobs & income and health against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Oxfordshire town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town

How Oxfordshire’s towns grade overall40 graded towns

A21B16C3

21 of 40 (53%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full Oxfordshire list, with what drives each grade Compare two townsSide by side, subject by subject

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40 towns · ordered by Oxfordshire rank

A⁺

Goring

Town · 3,434 people · #20 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestDHazard risk

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Long Hanborough

Town · 3,034 people · #28 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsAHealthLowestC⁺Cost of living

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Woodstock

Town · 3,522 people · #48 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestCCost of living

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Thame

Town · 12,952 people · #79 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeAHealthLowestC⁺Cost of living

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Kingston Bagpuize

Town · 3,905 people · #86 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthAJobs & incomeLowestCWalkability

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Eynsham

Town · 5,321 people · #92 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsAWalkabilityLowestC⁺Cost of living

Sonning Common

Town · 5,264 people · #110 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthAJobs & incomeLowestCCost of living

Cholsey

Town · 3,776 people · #160 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthAJobs & incomeLowestB⁻Cost of living

Harwell

Town · 3,067 people · #206 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeA⁻HealthLowestC⁺Cost of living

Kennington

Town · 4,595 people · #237 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeAWalkabilityLowestC⁻Schools

Wheatley

Town · 4,305 people · #243 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeA⁻WalkabilityLowestC⁺Hazard risk

Didcot

Large town · 34,600 people · #248 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAWalkabilityLowestCHazard risk

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Henley-on-Thames

Town · 11,786 people · #313 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityASchoolsLowestC⁻Hazard risk

A⁻

Wallingford

Town · 8,455 people · #342 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestCHazard risk

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Kidlington

Town · 14,640 people · #373 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestCCost of living

A⁻

Chinnor

Town · 7,268 people · #383 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthAHazard riskLowestC⁻Walkability

A⁻

Abingdon-on-Thames

Large town · 33,179 people · #445 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestDHazard risk

A⁻

Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood

Town · 2,956 people · #467 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestCCost of living

A⁻

Bodicote

Town · 4,752 people · #473 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthAJobs & incomeLowestCSchools

A⁻

Yarnton

Town · 3,227 people · #480 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestC⁻Cost of living

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Wantage

Town · 13,100 people · #526 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityB⁺Cost of livingLowestCSafety

B⁺

Adderbury and Twyford

Town · 3,318 people · #549 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASafetyAJobs & incomeLowestC⁻Cost of living

B⁺

Bloxham

Town · 3,681 people · #603 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthAJobs & incomeLowestCCost of living

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Charlbury

Town · 2,810 people · #635 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthAHazard riskLowestC⁻Schools

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Chalgrove

Town · 2,807 people · #668 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthB⁺SafetyLowestDHazard risk

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Grove

Town · 7,942 people · #696 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Jobs & incomeB⁺Cost of livingLowestC⁻Hazard risk

B⁺

Sutton Courtenay

Town · 3,055 people · #735 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Jobs & incomeB⁺SafetyLowestC⁻Schools

Bicester

Large town · 37,748 people · #765 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAWalkabilityLowestC⁺Safety

Shrivenham and Watchfield

Town · 5,353 people · #778 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthB⁺WalkabilityLowestDSchools

Drayton

Town · 3,110 people · #824 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Jobs & incomeB⁺Hazard riskLowestDSchools

Chipping Norton

Town · 6,991 people · #840 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskAWalkabilityLowestCHealth

Faringdon

Town · 8,625 people · #853 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingB⁺WalkabilityLowestC⁻Schools

Witney

Large town · 30,167 people · #869 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityB⁺Jobs & incomeLowestC⁻Hazard risk

Ambrosden

Town · 2,736 people · #925 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Jobs & incomeB⁺Hazard riskLowestCCost of living

Bampton

Town · 2,994 people · #953 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻HealthB⁺Jobs & incomeLowestDSchools

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Berinsfield

Town · 2,773 people · #1,196 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻Cost of livingLowestDSchools

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Oxford

City · 170,799 people · #1,253 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityAJobs & incomeLowestDCost of living

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Banbury

Large town · 52,041 people · #1,298 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityBCost of livingLowestDSafety

Benson Garrison town

Town · 5,236 people

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityA⁺HealthLowestDHazard risk

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Carterton Garrison town

Town · 17,951 people

StrongestAJobs & incomeB⁺WalkabilityLowestDSchools

Military garrison towns and university campuses keep their grades but aren’t ranked: most residents serve in the forces or are students.

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Oxfordshire lists

Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

All Oxfordshire rankings →

Best places to live38 towns · #1 Goring Best small towns28 towns · #1 Goring Most affordable towns38 towns · #1 Berinsfield Safest towns38 towns · #1 Goring Towns with the best schools38 towns · #1 Eynsham Healthiest towns38 towns · #1 Kingston Bagpuize Best towns for jobs & income38 towns · #1 Goring and Kennington Most walkable towns38 towns · #1 Oxford Towns with the lowest flood risk38 towns · #1 Berinsfield and 6 more Best towns for the outdoors38 towns · #1 Goring Most historic towns38 towns · #1 Henley-on-Thames Towns with the most civic life38 towns · #1 Bampton Towns with the highest household incomes40 towns · #1 Kingston BagpuizeDescribed, no letters Towns with the lowest council tax40 towns · #1 Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-WychwoodDescribed, no letters Towns with the mildest winters40 towns · #1 OxfordDescribed, no letters Towns with the warmest summers40 towns · #1 HarwellDescribed, no letters Towns with the coolest summers40 towns · #1 Chipping NortonDescribed, no letters Towns with the fewest frosts40 towns · #1 OxfordDescribed, no letters Driest towns40 towns · #1 Abingdon-on-ThamesDescribed, no letters Wettest towns40 towns · #1 Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-WychwoodDescribed, no letters

Villages and small towns

154 smaller places in Oxfordshire

Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.

118 places under 1,000 people

Alvescot Appleton Ardley and Fewcott Ascott-under-Wychwood Ashbury Aston Rowant Aston Tirrold and Aston Upthorpe Barford St Michael Beckley Begbroke Binfield Heath Bix Black Bourton Bladon Bletchingdon Boars Hill Bourton Brize Norton Broughton Buckland Bucknell Burcot Cassington Chadlington Chalkhouse Green Charlton-on-Otmoor Checkendon Childrey Churchill Clanfield Combe Cothill Cray's Pond Cropredy Culham Cumnor Curbridge Dorchester Drayton St Leonard Duns Tew East Hagbourne Enstone Ewelme Farmoor Filkins Finmere Finstock Forest Hill Fringford Fritwell Fulbrook Gallowstree Common Great Bourton Great Haseley Great Milton Great Rollright Hailey Hinton Waldrist Horley Hornton Horton-cum-Studley Islip Kencot Kidmore End Kingham Kingston Blount Kirtlington Leafield Letcombe Regis Little Milton Long Wittenham Longcot Longworth Lower Heyford Milcombe Milton Milton Hill Mollington Moulsford Nettlebed North Aston North Moreton Over Norton Piddington Pyrton Ramsden Sandford-on-Thames Shenington Shiplake Sibford Ferris Sibford Gower South Newington South Stoke Stadhampton Stanton Harcourt Stanton St John Steeple Aston Stoke Row Stratton Audley Sutton Swalcliffe Sydenham Tetsworth Tokers Green Towersey Uffington Upton Warborough and Shillingford Wardington Wendlebury West Hagbourne West Hanney West Hendred Weston-on-the-Green Whitchurch Hill Whitchurch-on-Thames Wootton (West Oxfordshire)Wroxton

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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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