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Thame

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The north east of the South Oxfordshire. About 13,539 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 13 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 56% of people in Thame live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,274
1,220th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
56%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Thame compares

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

ThameMiddle
Population21 wards, South Oxfordshire · 2021
Population: every ward in South Oxfordshire21 areas from 3,317 to 13,274. The middle area is 7,815. Thame is 13,274.
13,274most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, South Oxfordshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in South Oxfordshire21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 26.0%. Thame is 56.0%.
56%7th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, South Oxfordshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in South Oxfordshire21 areas from 42.3% to 95.8%. The middle area is 82.1%. Thame is 93.0%.
93.0%4th highest
Claimant rate21 wards, South Oxfordshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in South Oxfordshire21 areas from 1.0% to 2.8%. The middle area is 1.8%. Thame is 1.7%.
1.7%10th lowest

Is Thame safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thame at a rate of 54.7 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, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thame.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (269), other crime (153) and shoplifting (103).

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 ward, so they describe all of South Oxfordshire and not Thame 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
Thame in brief

Thame had 13,274 usual residents at the census.

About 56% of people in Thame live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Thame, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Thame, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.