United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Oxford
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~152k · 50 state-funded schools
Expensive to live in, but with excellent schools. Oxford's median house price is 10.5 times median annual pay, and rent swallows a staggering 54.4% of gross median earnings, the highest share in the South East. This is reflected in a high Band D council tax of £2,678 and recorded crime at 97.7 per 1,000, both above the regional median. However, the genuine bright spot is education, with 97% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools, placing it well above the South East median. This place suits those prioritising school quality and who have substantial independent means, rather than those looking for an affordable place to work.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Oxford ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£43,020/yr
High
Better than 73% of UK LAs
House price
£450,000
Very expensive
Worse than 84% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,952/mo
Very expensive
Worse than 96% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,678/yr
Most expensive
Worse than 97% of UK LAs
Crime
97.7/1k
Highest
Worse than 83% of UK LAs
Deprivation
16.7
Mid
Better than 59% of UK LAs
Schools
94.0%
Mid
Better than 59% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
50 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
47 of 50 (94%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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50 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 50 schools, sortable and filterable.
Schools in Oxford →Places with similar signatures
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What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.