So you are thinking of moving to Weston Otmoor in Oxfordshire? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Weston Otmoor is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Weston Otmoor the land of milk and honey or are Bicester, Oxford and Woodstock a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Weston Otmoor
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of August 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Weston Otmoor. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Bicester | 67 |
| Highfield | 61 |
| Hampton Poyle | 15 |
| Bletchingdon | 2 |
| Fencott | 1 |
| Chesterton | 0 |
| Charlton-on-Otmoor | 0 |
| Oddington | 0 |
| Little Chesterton | 0 |
| Islip | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Weston Otmoor. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Weston Otmoor. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Barton and Sandhills (Best) | 14177/32845 |
| Bicester West | 15552/32845 |
| Bicester East | 16231/32845 |
| Wolvercote | 18236/32845 |
| Bicester South and Ambrosden | 18306/32845 |
| Bicester North and Caversfield | 22890/32845 |
| Kidlington West | 25044/32845 |
| Kidlington East | 25989/32845 |
| Woodstock and Bladon | 30711/32845 |
| Stonesfield and Tackley (Worst) | 31888/32845 |
Smacklesfield... I mean Macclesfield
Your Health in Weston Otmoor
If you are thinking of moving to Weston Otmoor, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Weston Otmoor compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | 0.85% | 2.76% | 9.43% | 31.73% | 55.23% |
| Cherwell (Weston Otmoor) | 0.84% | 3% | 11.17% | 34.65% | 50.33% |
| South Oxfordshire | 0.73% | 2.62% | 10.73% | 33.35% | 52.56% |
| West Oxfordshire | 0.7% | 2.81% | 11.15% | 33.82% | 51.52% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Weston Otmoor. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Weston Otmoor. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Barton and Sandhills (Best) | 14427/32845 |
| Bicester West | 18925/32845 |
| Bicester East | 19571/32845 |
| Kidlington East | 20765/32845 |
| Bicester South and Ambrosden | 23589/32845 |
| Kidlington West | 23788/32845 |
| Bicester North and Caversfield | 25897/32845 |
| Wolvercote | 26479/32845 |
| Woodstock and Bladon | 29233/32845 |
| Stonesfield and Tackley (Worst) | 30527/32845 |
Didcot - a railway siding dressed up as a portal to real, actual hell
Deprivation in Weston Otmoor
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Weston Otmoor. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Barton and Sandhills (Best) | 11924/32845 |
| Bicester West | 19901/32845 |
| Bicester East | 21832/32845 |
| Bicester South and Ambrosden | 23159/32845 |
| Kidlington East | 23511/32845 |
| Bicester North and Caversfield | 25090/32845 |
| Kidlington West | 25154/32845 |
| Wolvercote | 26791/32845 |
| Stonesfield and Tackley | 29192/32845 |
| Woodstock and Bladon (Worst) | 31057/32845 |
Didcot…
Oxford, where posh people impose segregation on everyone else
Thame is quite posh, however, it is also an ****** sh*t town!
Witney – a truly godforsaken Oxfordshire Sh*thole
Kiddington – It’s pretty much just fields
Banbury: I don’t think I’ve quite got over the culture shock
Wantage, Oxfordshire
Didcot – a railway siding dressed up as a portal to real, actual hell
Thame 2016: Still an ****** sh*t town!