# Thame Town in South Oxfordshire, South East. Thame is a town in South Oxfordshire, South East. Median sale price £450,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 54.7 per 1,000 people. About 13,221 people. Town. Code E63004471. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) Thame is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Thame 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: £450,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Thame was £450,000 in 2025. Joint 116th 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/thame#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 12,952** (2021). Thame had 12,952 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 405th 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/thame#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 58%** (2022). About 58% of people in Thame 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/thame#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.3%** (January 2026). In Thame, 93.3% 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/thame#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004471) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 58% of people in Thame 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=E63004471) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 245 homes were sold in Thame in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004471) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Thame. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004471) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Thame had 12,952 usual residents at the census. ## How Thame compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Thame | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £450,000 | joint 62nd most expensive | 209 towns, South East · 2025 | | Population | 12,952 | 61st least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 58% | 90th most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.3% | joint 65th highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 | ## 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 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, 84 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 (259), other crime (149) and shoplifting (103). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Thame was 46.4 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 Thame, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Thame has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Thame | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [South Oxfordshire 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028666) | 1,467 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.0% | | [South Oxfordshire 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028667) | 1,310 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% | | [South Oxfordshire 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028668) | 1,278 | 14.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.0% | | [South Oxfordshire 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028669) | 1,325 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% | | [South Oxfordshire 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028670) | 1,481 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% | | [South Oxfordshire 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028671) | 1,630 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.1% | | [South Oxfordshire 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028672) | 2,767 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.3% | | [South Oxfordshire 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028673) | 2,010 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% | ## Your MP - [Henley and Thame](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/henley-and-thame): Freddie van Mierlo (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 [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) ## Postcode districts covering Thame [OX9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox9) ## Middle areas in Thame [Thame North](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/thame-north), [Thame South](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/thame-south) ## Towns near Thame [Princes Risborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/princes-risborough), [Aylesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/aylesbury), [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford), [Wendover](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wendover), [Prestwood and Great Missenden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prestwood-and-great-missenden), [High Wycombe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/high-wycombe) ## Thame in brief Thame is a town in South Oxfordshire, South East. About 13,221 people lived in Thame in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 245 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Thame was £450,000 in 2025. Thame had 12,952 usual residents at the census. About 58% of people in Thame live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Thame, 93.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004471 - Constituency: [Henley and Thame †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/henley-and-thame) - Council: [South Oxfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) - Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.42 km² - People, mid-2024: 13,221* - Neighbourhoods: 8 - Output areas: 40 * 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 [Princes Risborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/princes-risborough), [Aylesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/aylesbury), [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford), [Wendover](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wendover), [Prestwood and Great Missenden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prestwood-and-great-missenden), [High Wycombe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/high-wycombe) ## Latest updates for Thame - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004471 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/thame, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/thame#f-house-sales-median-price. 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