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Barton & Sandhills

Ward

North east Oxford. About 7,661 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 27% of people in Barton & Sandhills live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,271
Joint 3,840th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
27%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Barton & Sandhills compares

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

Barton & SandhillsMiddle
Population24 wards, Oxford · 2021
Population: every ward in Oxford24 areas from 4,879 to 8,080. The middle area is 6,997. Barton & Sandhills is 7,271.
7,2715th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Oxford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Oxford24 areas from 0.0% to 95.0%. The middle area is 13.5%. Barton & Sandhills is 27.0%.
27%joint 8th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Oxford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Oxford24 areas from 43.3% to 96.5%. The middle area is 81.3%. Barton & Sandhills is 86.0%.
86.0%9th highest
Claimant rate23 wards, Oxford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Oxford23 areas from 0.5% to 5.1%. The middle area is 2.7%. Barton & Sandhills is 4.7%.
4.7%2nd highest

Is Barton & Sandhills safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barton & Sandhills at a rate of 69.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across Oxford.

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

In August 2026 alone, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Barton & Sandhills.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (185), other crime (90) and anti-social behaviour (55).

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 Oxford

These figures are published for the whole of Oxford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Oxford and not Barton & Sandhills alone. See Oxford

Average house price
£478,080
Down 2.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,289
82nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
11.0×
Joint 34th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.4
Joint 86th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Barton & Sandhills in brief

Barton & Sandhills had 7,271 usual residents at the census.

About 27% of people in Barton & Sandhills live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Barton & Sandhills, 86.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Barton & Sandhills, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.