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Wolvercote & Cutteslowe

Middle area

North west Oxford. 6,533 people in 3.9 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by middle area

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Wolvercote & Cutteslowe, 83.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£652,500
Joint 341st most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,154
2,970th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

Recorded crime in Wolvercote & Cutteslowe

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wolvercote & Cutteslowe at a rate of 75.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across Oxford.

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 offences171
Other crime99
Criminal damage and arson49
Shoplifting49
Anti-social behaviour42
Vehicle crime39
Burglary29
Drug offences11
Robbery3
Theft from the person0

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Wolvercote & Cutteslowe compares

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Median sale price19 middle areas, Oxford · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Oxford19 areas from £325,000 to £842,500. The middle area is £470,000. Wolvercote & Cutteslowe is £652,500.
£652,5003rd most expensive
Population19 middle areas, Oxford · 2021
Population: every middle area in Oxford19 areas from 5,578 to 18,475. The middle area is 7,621. Wolvercote & Cutteslowe is 6,154.
6,1543rd least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage19 middle areas, Oxford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Oxford19 areas from 51.0% to 96.5%. The middle area is 82.6%. Wolvercote & Cutteslowe is 83.5%.
83.5%9th highest
Claimant rate19 middle areas, Oxford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Oxford19 areas from 0.7% to 4.8%. The middle area is 2.7%. Wolvercote & Cutteslowe is 2.8%.
2.8%9th highest

Is Wolvercote & Cutteslowe safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wolvercote & Cutteslowe at a rate of 75.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across Oxford.

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

In August 2026 alone, 27 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wolvercote & Cutteslowe.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (171), other crime (99) and shoplifting (49).

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 Oxford

These figures are published for the whole of Oxford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Oxford and not Wolvercote & Cutteslowe alone. See Oxford

Average house price
£471,667
Down 2.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,289
82nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.9×
Joint 35th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.4
Joint 86th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Wolvercote & Cutteslowe in brief

The median price paid for a home in Wolvercote & Cutteslowe was £652,500 in 2025.

Wolvercote & Cutteslowe had 6,154 usual residents at the census.

In Wolvercote & Cutteslowe, 83.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wolvercote & Cutteslowe, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.