Benson & Crowmarsh Gifford

South Oxfordshire · South East · population 8,460 · 5 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,054 of 6,856 in England
  • #311 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 20 in South Oxfordshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,009
Median age (est.)39
Density128per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above45%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 31%45–64 23%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 9%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 6%Other: 17%
One person 23%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 6%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 18%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors18%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Benson & Crowmarsh Gifford is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,054 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 20 in South Oxfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here sold for about £567,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 80 sales), 26% above the wider South Oxfordshire median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,682 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 40 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 87 · #917
Employment 93 · #471
Education 90 · #670
Health 97 · #204
Crime 98 · #163
Housing & access 18 · #5,626
Living environment 49 · #3,515

House prices ?

£567,500median (12m) · +10.3% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£567,50080+10.3%+1.3%
Detached£697,95042-0.3%+6.8%
Semi-detached£465,00023+2.6%+8.1%
Terraced£410,00012+5.1%+20.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£567,500
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)£53,682±£7,510 · #602 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,044
Price-to-income ?10.6×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 334 offences
South Oxfordshire42
South East71
England83

Rank #1,219 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences141
Theft45
Burglary50
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons22
Drugs3
Robbery0
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 36 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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