Beckley & Horspath

South Oxfordshire · South East · population 5,910 · 4 LSOAs

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

84Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,122 of 6,856 in England
  • #324 of 1,119 in South East
  • #13 of 20 in South Oxfordshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,895
Median age (est.)47
Density101per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above45%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 30%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 10%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 91%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 38% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Beckley & Horspath is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,122 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 20 in South Oxfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (98) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £545,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 58 sales), 21% above the wider South Oxfordshire median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,528 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 37 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 92 · #567
Employment 91 · #615
Education 74 · #1,801
Health 98 · #142
Crime 78 · #1,520
Housing & access 22 · #5,324
Living environment 33 · #4,598

House prices ?

£545,000median (12m) · +11.9% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£545,00058+11.9%+12.4%
Detached£795,00030+18.7%+32.5%
Semi-detached£434,00018-1.6%+24.0%
Terraced£386,8009-2.3%+38.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£545,000
South Oxfordshire£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)£48,528±£6,855 · #1,350 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,275
Price-to-income ?11.2×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
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

37 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 221 offences
South Oxfordshire42
South East71
England83

Rank #1,028 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences115
Theft23
Burglary14
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons21
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 31 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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