Banbury Ruscote

Cherwell · South East · population 8,962 · 6 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,290 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,021 of 1,119 in South East
  • #19 of 19 in Cherwell
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,884
Median age (est.)36
Density5,510per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above18%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 12%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 39%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 17%Other: 16%
One person 23%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 17%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Process & plant 16% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Process & plant16%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades12%
Sales & customer service10%
Professional9%
Associate professional8%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 9%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 84%Asian 9%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 42% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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 Ruscote is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,290 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 19 in Cherwell. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Education (4). Typical homes here sold for about £267,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 57 sales), 25% below the wider Cherwell median of £358,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,849 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,222
Employment 26 · #5,071
Education 4 · #6,613
Health 39 · #4,173
Crime 16 · #5,736
Housing & access 45 · #3,796
Living environment 98 · #128

House prices ?

£267,500median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=57
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£267,50057+1.3%+24.4%
Detached£380,0005+11.8%+11.4%
Semi-detached£272,000330.0%+25.6%
Terraced£255,00019+1.0%+31.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£267,500
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)£36,849±£5,192 · #4,413 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,331
Price-to-income ?7.3×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 806 offences
Cherwell68
South East71
England83

Rank #4,545 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences491
Theft54
Burglary14
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson78
Public order & weapons94
Drugs19
Robbery4
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 111 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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