Caversfield, Ambrosden & Fringford

Cherwell · South East · population 11,764 · 7 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,575 of 6,856 in England
  • #417 of 1,119 in South East
  • #11 of 19 in Cherwell
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,252
Median age (est.)39
Density95per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above40%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 30%45–64 27%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 9%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 25%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 8%Other: 13%
One person 21%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 8%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional17%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 39% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Caversfield, Ambrosden & Fringford is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,575 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 19 in Cherwell. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (96) but weak on Housing & access (10). Typical homes here sold for about £381,150 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 215 sales), 6% above the wider Cherwell median of £358,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,112 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 81 · #1,273
Employment 96 · #265
Education 67 · #2,267
Health 91 · #588
Crime 86 · #937
Housing & access 10 · #6,188
Living environment 51 · #3,378

House prices ?

£381,150median (12m) · -7.0% yr · n=215
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£381,150215-7.0%+7.2%
Detached£542,50074+4.3%+15.9%
Semi-detached£375,00055-6.2%+12.6%
Terraced£345,00077+9.5%+12.5%
Flat£250,0009+4.7%+25.0%
This area£381,150
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)£50,112±£7,058 · #1,044 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,836
Price-to-income ?7.6×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 572 offences
Cherwell68
South East71
England83

Rank #2,002 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences242
Theft178
Burglary17
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons33
Drugs11
Robbery2
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 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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