Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow

Oxford · South East · population 6,462 · 4 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #718 of 6,856 in England
  • #232 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 19 in Oxford
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,618
Median age (est.)32
Density1,068per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above66%
No car or van45%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 21%25–44 35%45–64 20%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 45%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 16%Private rent 45%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 8%Other: 24%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 8%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 50% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional50%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Caring & leisure4%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 13%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 77%Asian 13%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 32% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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

Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #718 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 19 in Oxford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (96) but weak on Living environment (25). Typical homes here sold for about £502,500 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 52 sales), 12% above the wider Oxford median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,078 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 105 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 92 · #546
Employment 96 · #286
Education 84 · #1,129
Health 92 · #546
Crime 55 · #3,090
Housing & access 64 · #2,438
Living environment 25 · #5,119

House prices ?

£502,500median (12m) · -18.0% yr · n=52
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£502,50052-18.0%-2.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£672,5007+3.5%-0.4%
Terraced£556,50030-10.2%+6.1%
Flat£292,50014-21.5%-16.4%
This area£502,500
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)£53,078±£7,673 · #660 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,456
Price-to-income ?9.5×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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

105 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 681 offences
Oxford99
South East71
England83

Rank #5,078 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences213
Theft242
Burglary21
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons75
Drugs24
Robbery11
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 88 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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