# Kidlington Town in Cherwell, South East. Kidlington is a town in Cherwell, South East. Median sale price £385,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 50.7 per 1,000 people. About 15,083 people. Town. Code E63004332. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) Kidlington is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Kidlington add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £385,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kidlington was £385,000 in 2025. Joint 205th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidlington#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 14,640** (2021). Kidlington had 14,640 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 494th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidlington#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 44%** (2022). About 44% of people in Kidlington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidlington#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.5%** (January 2026). In Kidlington, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidlington#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63004332) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 44% of people in Kidlington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63004332) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 200 homes were sold in Kidlington in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63004332) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Kidlington. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63004332) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Kidlington had 14,640 usual residents at the census. ## How Kidlington compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Kidlington | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £385,000 | joint 99th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 | | Population | 14,640 | 75th least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 44% | 100th most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.5% | joint 94th highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Kidlington safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kidlington at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people. That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kidlington. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (327), other crime (165) and anti-social behaviour (75). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Kidlington was 51.8 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Deprivation in Kidlington, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Kidlington has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Kidlington | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cherwell 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028487) | 1,203 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.1% | | [Cherwell 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028489) | 1,366 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.2% | | [Cherwell 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028490) | 1,287 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% | | [Cherwell 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028491) | 1,584 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.7% | | [Cherwell 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028494) | 1,101 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% | | [Cherwell 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028492) | 1,562 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% | | [Cherwell 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028493) | 1,404 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% | | [Cherwell 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028495) | 1,313 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% | | [Cherwell 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028496) | 1,402 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% | | [Cherwell 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028488) | 1,372 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.6% | | [Cherwell 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/neighbourhood/e01028511) | 1,886 | 124.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.5% | ## Your MP - [Bicester and Woodstock](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bicester-and-woodstock): Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) ## Postcode districts covering Kidlington [OX5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox5) ## Middle areas in Kidlington [Kidlington North](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/kidlington-north), [Kidlington South](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell/kidlington-south) ## Towns near Kidlington [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford), [Bicester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bicester), [Witney](https://openindex.co.uk/town/witney), [Abingdon-on-Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abingdon-on-thames), [Carterton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/carterton), [Thame](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thame) ## Kidlington in brief Kidlington is a town in Cherwell, South East. About 15,083 people lived in Kidlington in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £385,000 in 2025 across 200 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Kidlington was £385,000 in 2025. Kidlington had 14,640 usual residents at the census. About 44% of people in Kidlington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Kidlington, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004332 - Constituency: [Bicester and Woodstock †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bicester-and-woodstock) - Council: [Cherwell †](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) - Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 5.67 km² - People, mid-2024: 15,083* - Neighbourhoods: 11 - Output areas: 47 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford), [Bicester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bicester), [Witney](https://openindex.co.uk/town/witney), [Abingdon-on-Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/town/abingdon-on-thames), [Carterton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/carterton), [Thame](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thame) ## Latest updates for Kidlington - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004332 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidlington, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidlington#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidlington