Kidlington West
WardSouth Cherwell. About 9,508 people in 17 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 68% of people in Kidlington West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Kidlington West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Kidlington West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kidlington West at a rate of 55.4 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, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kidlington West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (248), other crime (108) and anti-social behaviour (48).
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 Kidlington West alone. See Cherwell
Kidlington West in brief
Kidlington West had 9,253 usual residents at the census.
About 68% of people in Kidlington West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kidlington West, 84.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Kidlington West, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.