Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The village has 1,367 residents and lies in Oxfordshire, South East. 15% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport.
Police record less crime here than in most towns (A): 11.7 violent and sexual offences and 4.2 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The local economy does well: households earn a mean £73,292 a year, and 2.2% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. At a median £425,000, a home costs 6.1 times the yearly income of households in the Vale of White Horse council area. Hazard risk is lower than in most UK towns (A).
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency. East Hendred has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far East Hendred is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things East Hendred does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists them inside East Hendred’s built-up area.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in East Hendred.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover 43% of East Hendred’s land, above both Oxfordshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (7%). Its listed buildings include Jesus Chapel and Attached House, Grade I. It counts 73 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*. Also worth knowing: 30% of homes date from before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Below is one of its 2 schools, and why it was picked. Some 216 pupils attend East Hendred’s two primaries. At the town’s 2 primary schools, 65% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hendreds Church of England SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 126 | C+ |
Police figures for East Hendred’s built-up area: 54 crimes and 1 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, East Hendred records less crime per resident than 84% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. Of all the crimes, 56% were violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The nearest A&E to East Hendred is John Radcliffe Hospital, 12.6 miles away. Asked at the census, 86% of residents of East Hendred said they were in good or very good health. There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 3.5 miles off. Women here live to 86.3 on average and men to 81.2 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | East Hendred | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 86% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 3.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 49% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Working mainly from home: nearly half of workers, higher than both Oxfordshire’s towns (37%) and England’s towns (31%). At the census, 83% of commuters went by car. About 10% of its commuters stay in East Hendred for work. For every resident in work, East Hendred has 2.4 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Private rents average £1,352 a month across the Vale of White Horse council area. The £425,000 median rests on 47 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Owners make up 64% of households, close to Oxfordshire’s towns (63%) and above England’s towns (61%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £673,200 | 21 |
| Semi-detached | £378,000 | 11 |
| Terraced | £385,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
20% of residents are 65 or over, above Oxfordshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. The middle age in East Hendred is 44.8. Degrees are held by 47% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| East Hendred | Oxfordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.5% | 4.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 47% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Oxfordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near East Hendred. Best known first.
Historic houseMilton Manor3.3 km outside town, to the northeastGardenGardenMilton Hill House900 m outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumR112 Visitors Centre2.5 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Village in Oxfordshire, England
East Hendred is a built-up area of 1,367 people, in the Vale of White Horse council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hendred | 1,367 | — | — | B− | A | A− |
| Steventon | 2,211 | 2 | — | B− | A− | B+ |
| Harwell | 3,067 | 2 | A | C+ | B− | A− |
| Chilton | 1,378 | 2.3 | — | A− | B+ | A |
| Drayton | 3,110 | 3.6 | B | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| East Hanney | 1,233 | 3.6 | — | C+ | B− | A+ |
| Wantage | 13,100 | 3.7 | B+ | B+ | C | B+ |
| Grove | 7,942 | 3.7 | B+ | B+ | C+ | B+ |
Steventon, Chilton and East Hanney have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 21.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Jesus Chapel and Attached House.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £425,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £385,000, semi-detached houses £378,000 and detached houses £673,200. Household incomes are higher than in 94% of UK towns, so cost of living still grades B−.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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