Banbury Grimsbury

Cherwell · South East · population 13,183 · 8 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

45Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,768 of 6,856 in England
  • #830 of 1,119 in South East
  • #17 of 19 in Cherwell
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,603
Median age (est.)35
Density1,670per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above30%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 12%25–44 38%45–64 23%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 16%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 37%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Process & plant 15% · Professional 15%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Process & plant15%
Professional15%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 13%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 79%Asian 13%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 35% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 33%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Banbury Grimsbury sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,768 of 6,856 in England, and #17 of 19 in Cherwell. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (64) and lowest on Education (19). Typical homes here sold for about £248,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 189 sales), 31% below the wider Cherwell median of £358,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,768 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,772 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 124 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 43 · #3,878
Employment 54 · #3,179
Education 19 · #5,551
Health 55 · #3,090
Crime 40 · #4,104
Housing & access 50 · #3,439
Living environment 64 · #2,432

House prices ?

£248,000median (12m) · +5.5% yr · n=189
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£248,000189+5.5%+14.0%
Detached£415,00024+6.4%+18.6%
Semi-detached£312,50054+5.9%+25.0%
Terraced£245,00048-1.4%+21.9%
Flat£146,00063+3.5%+5.2%
This area£248,000
Cherwell£358,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,772±£5,356 · #4,121 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,235
Price-to-income ?6.6×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

124 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,636 offences
Cherwell68
South East71
England83

Rank #5,546 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences758
Theft266
Burglary54
Vehicle crime62
Criminal damage & arson148
Public order & weapons237
Drugs65
Robbery20
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 221 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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