Littlemore & Rose Hill

Oxford · South East · population 11,359 · 6 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,146 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,005 of 1,119 in South East
  • #17 of 19 in Oxford
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,231
Median age (est.)35
Density4,640per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above33%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 35%45–64 23%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 30%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 15%Other: 19%
One person 26%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 15%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Elementary 16% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Elementary16%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades10%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 69%Asian: 15%Black: 6%Mixed: 6%Other: 4%
White 69%Asian 15%Black 6%Mixed 6%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 33% · Muslim 12%

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

Littlemore & Rose Hill is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,146 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 19 in Oxford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (86) but weak on Education (8). Typical homes here sold for about £357,250 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 78 sales), 21% below the wider Oxford median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,427 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 126 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 20 · #5,468
Employment 31 · #4,728
Education 8 · #6,312
Health 43 · #3,926
Crime 21 · #5,407
Housing & access 33 · #4,577
Living environment 86 · #971

House prices ?

£357,250median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£357,25078+2.5%+2.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£381,25033-5.2%-0.3%
Terraced£360,00026+0.5%+14.3%
Flat£253,50016-4.3%+3.3%
This area£357,250
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)£41,427±£5,834 · #3,017 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,852
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

126 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,432 offences
Oxford99
South East71
England83

Rank #5,586 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences693
Theft305
Burglary38
Vehicle crime83
Criminal damage & arson98
Public order & weapons132
Drugs56
Robbery10
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 129 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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