Greater Leys

Oxford · South East · population 6,802 · 4 LSOAs

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

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,681 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,055 of 1,119 in South East
  • #19 of 19 in Oxford
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,910
Median age (est.)35
Density6,876per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above29%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 13%25–44 31%45–64 25%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 10%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 49%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 10%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 49%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 21%Other: 14%
One person 27%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 21%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure14%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 71%Asian: 8%Black: 12%Mixed: 7%Other: 2%
White 71%Asian 8%Black 12%Mixed 7%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 38% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

Greater Leys is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,681 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 19 in Oxford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (100) but weak on Education (5). Typical homes here sold for about £321,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 30 sales), 29% below the wider Oxford median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,406 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 88 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 18 · #5,592
Employment 21 · #5,441
Education 5 · #6,503
Health 30 · #4,776
Crime 22 · #5,331
Housing & access 18 · #5,633
Living environment 100 · #25

House prices ?

£321,000median (12m) · +4.1% yr · n=30
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£321,00030+4.1%+14.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£316,0006+5.3%+4.5%
Terraced£325,00022+2.4%+18.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£321,000
Oxford£450,000
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)£38,406±£5,396 · #3,897 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,367
Price-to-income ?8.4×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

88 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 595 offences
Oxford99
South East71
England83

Rank #4,428 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences325
Theft52
Burglary10
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons74
Drugs25
Robbery7
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 55 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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