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Shiplake & Binfield Heath

Middle area

The south east of the South Oxfordshire. 6,671 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 61 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 94% of people in Shiplake & Binfield Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£955,000
55th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,340
Joint 3,267th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
94%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
68.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Shiplake & Binfield Heath

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shiplake & Binfield Heath at a rate of 24.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 47.1 per 1,000 people across South Oxfordshire.

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

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences78
Other crime30
Criminal damage and arson16
Burglary15
Anti-social behaviour10
Drug offences4
Vehicle crime3
Shoplifting2
Theft from the person2
Robbery0

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Shiplake & Binfield Heath compares

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

Shiplake & Binfield HeathMiddle
Median sale price20 middle areas, South Oxfordshire · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in South Oxfordshire20 areas from £315,000 to £955,000. The middle area is £467,500. Shiplake & Binfield Heath is £955,000.
£955,000most expensive
Population20 middle areas, South Oxfordshire · 2021
Population: every middle area in South Oxfordshire20 areas from 5,380 to 12,012. The middle area is 7,019. Shiplake & Binfield Heath is 6,340.
6,3408th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 middle areas, South Oxfordshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in South Oxfordshire20 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 30.5%. Shiplake & Binfield Heath is 94.0%.
94%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 middle areas, South Oxfordshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in South Oxfordshire20 areas from 67.2% to 97.4%. The middle area is 84.8%. Shiplake & Binfield Heath is 68.2%.
68.2%2nd lowest

Is Shiplake & Binfield Heath safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shiplake & Binfield Heath at a rate of 24.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 47.1 per 1,000 people across South Oxfordshire.

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

In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shiplake & Binfield Heath.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (78), other crime (30) and criminal damage and arson (16).

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 South Oxfordshire

These figures are published for the whole of South Oxfordshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of South Oxfordshire and not Shiplake & Binfield Heath alone. See South Oxfordshire

Average house price
£471,427
Up 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£48,525
22nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.7×
Joint 60th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
8.5
10th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Shiplake & Binfield Heath in brief

The median price paid for a home in Shiplake & Binfield Heath was £955,000 in 2025.

Shiplake & Binfield Heath had 6,340 usual residents at the census.

About 94% of people in Shiplake & Binfield Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Shiplake & Binfield Heath, 68.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.