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With 1,185 residents, it is a village in Oxfordshire, South East.
Standlake’s best grade is for safety — police record 8.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 5.9 home and vehicle crimes. The weak point is walkability (D): on the way to work, 8% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Prices are high against local incomes: a typical home costs £690,000 and rent runs £1,305 a month. Hazard risk is higher than most (C): 1.3% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency. Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so Standlake has its subject grades alone.
The 3 things Standlake does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Standlake is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Standlake’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
25% 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 Standlake.
Violence and sexual offences were nearly two fifths of the crimes. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 18 crimes inside Standlake’s built-up area. For its size, Standlake records less crime per resident than 90% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. There were 2.3 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), lower than both Oxfordshire’s towns (4.8) and England’s towns (7.8).
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.
66% of pupils at the 3 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). The one school in town appears below. 102 pupils attend Standlake’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standlake Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 102 | C |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 2 of them. Standlake has 32 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 2 Grade II*. Also worth knowing: 25% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Oxfordshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 52% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 52% of workers worked mainly from home. Household income came to £64K a year before tax, between Oxfordshire’s towns (£70K) and England’s towns (£55K). The car carried 88% of commuters at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
3.1% of residents report bad or very bad health. There is no GP practice in Standlake: the nearest is 4.5 miles off. Women here live to 85.4 on average and men to 82 (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Standlake is John Radcliffe Hospital, 9.4 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Standlake | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 86% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.1% | 3.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
2% of households rent from a council or housing body. Private renters make up 11% of households, lower than both Oxfordshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%). The median sale, £690,000, comes from 44 standard sales inside Standlake’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £850,000 | 29 |
| Semi-detached | £677,500 | 8 |
| Terraced | £370,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population, and 16% are under 15, below Oxfordshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. At 51.2, the median resident of Standlake sits in the middle of the age range. Graduates make up 48% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Standlake | Oxfordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.6% | 4.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 48% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Oxfordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standlake | 1,185 | — | — | C− | A+ | A |
| Kingston Bagpuize | 3,905 | 2.9 | A+ | B | A− | A+ |
| Aston | 1,174 | 3.3 | — | C+ | A− | A− |
| Ducklington | 1,585 | 3.9 | — | B− | B+ | A |
| Chawley | 1,127 | 4.7 | — | C+ | A+ | A |
| Eynsham | 5,321 | 4.7 | A+ | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Bampton | 2,994 | 5 | B | B− | B | A− |
| Witney | 30,167 | 5 | B | B | C+ | B |
Aston, Ducklington and Chawley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £690,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £370,000, semi-detached houses £677,500 and detached houses £850,000.
That is 11.1 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Primary results beat 75% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Oxfordshire council.
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Standlake is a built-up area of 1,185 people, in the West Oxfordshire 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
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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