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Banbury Cross and Neithrop

Ward

North Cherwell. About 11,118 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Banbury Cross and Neithrop live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,253
2,360th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
70.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Banbury Cross and Neithrop compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Banbury Cross and NeithropMiddle
Population16 wards, Cherwell · 2021
Population: every ward in Cherwell16 areas from 8,452 to 14,156. The middle area is 9,678. Banbury Cross and Neithrop is 10,253.
10,2536th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Cherwell · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Cherwell16 areas from 15.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Banbury Cross and Neithrop is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Cherwell · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Cherwell16 areas from 70.8% to 99.4%. The middle area is 89.7%. Banbury Cross and Neithrop is 70.8%.
70.8%lowest
Claimant rate16 wards, Cherwell · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Cherwell16 areas from 1.2% to 4.5%. The middle area is 1.9%. Banbury Cross and Neithrop is 4.3%.
4.3%2nd highest

Is Banbury Cross and Neithrop safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Banbury Cross and Neithrop at a rate of 193.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across Cherwell.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 246 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Banbury Cross and Neithrop.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (864), other crime (466) and shoplifting (399).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Cherwell

These figures are published for the whole of Cherwell, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cherwell and not Banbury Cross and Neithrop alone. See Cherwell

Average house price
£355,981
Up 2.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,147
101st highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.4×
Joint 111th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
12.6
Joint 55th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Banbury Cross and Neithrop in brief

Banbury Cross and Neithrop had 10,253 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Banbury Cross and Neithrop live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Banbury Cross and Neithrop, 70.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Banbury Cross and Neithrop, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.