Oxford property guide

One of Britain's tightest housing markets, capped by green belt on every side.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Oxford, Oxfordshire. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of June 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach London Paddington and Marylebone in about an hour.

Median sale price (12m)

£450,000

Sales registered (12m)

981

Open schools

125

About Oxford

Oxford pairs a medieval core with Victorian suburbs in Jericho, East Oxford and Summertown. College and university ownership removes a large slice of the centre from the open market.

The university, its hospitals and a science cluster on the city's edge generate demand that far outruns supply, and the green belt blocks outward growth.

House prices in Oxford

The median sale price in Oxford over the last 12 months was £450,000, across 981 recorded transactions. That is 1.1% lower than the previous 12 months.

Semi-detached homes were the most-traded type in Oxford, accounting for 309 of the period's sales at a median of £470,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£660,000	134
Semi-detached	£470,000	309
Terraced	£445,000	304
Flat	£305,550	213
Other	£900,000	21

See Oxford sold prices in detail

Schools in Oxford

Oxford has 125 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 75 primary, 16 secondary and 33 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Oxford centre

School	Postcode	Distance
The Oxford Academy	OX4 6JZ	3.3 km
Greyfriars Catholic School	OX4 3DR	5.1 km
Fitzharrys School	OX14 1NP	5.5 km
Oxford Spires Academy	OX4 2AU	5.6 km
John Mason School	OX14 1JB	5.9 km

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Crime in Oxford

In Oxford, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (31.7%), anti-social behaviour (11.3%) and other theft (9.8%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	31.7%
Anti-social behaviour	11.3%
Other theft	9.8%
Public order	9.4%
Criminal damage and arson	8.2%

See Oxford crime breakdown

Postcode districts in Oxford

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Oxford boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
OX1	18,849
OX2	18,849
OX3	18,849
OX33	18,849
OX4	18,849

Living near Oxford

Nearby towns include Banbury, Bicester, Witney, Abingdon and Didcot.

Banbury
Bicester
Witney
Abingdon
Didcot

Frequently asked questions about Oxford

The median sale price in Oxford over the last 12 months was £450,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 125 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Oxford area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Oxford over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 18,849 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

More Oxford property data

Oxford sold prices

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Crime in Oxford

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Schools in Oxford

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

Planning applications near Oxford

Extensions, new homes and commercial schemes shape an area's prices before they reach the sold data. PlanIndex indexes applications from Oxford, with decisions and approval rates.

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