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Kidlington East

Ward

South Cherwell. About 10,065 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 11 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 15% of people in Kidlington East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,754
Joint 2,571st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
15%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Kidlington East compares

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

Kidlington EastMiddle
Population16 wards, Cherwell · 2021
Population: every ward in Cherwell16 areas from 8,452 to 14,156. The middle area is 9,678. Kidlington East is 9,754.
9,7548th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Cherwell · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Cherwell16 areas from 15.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Kidlington East is 15.0%.
15%fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Cherwell · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Cherwell16 areas from 70.8% to 99.4%. The middle area is 89.7%. Kidlington East is 94.6%.
94.6%5th highest
Claimant rate16 wards, Cherwell · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Cherwell16 areas from 1.2% to 4.5%. The middle area is 1.9%. Kidlington East is 2.4%.
2.4%6th highest

Is Kidlington East safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kidlington East at a rate of 58.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across Cherwell.

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

In August 2026 alone, 47 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kidlington East.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (222), other crime (123) and shoplifting (79).

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 Cherwell

These figures are published for the whole of Cherwell, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cherwell and not Kidlington East alone. See Cherwell

Average house price
£355,981
Up 2.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,147
101st highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.4×
Joint 111th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
12.6
Joint 55th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Kidlington East in brief

Kidlington East had 9,754 usual residents at the census.

About 15% of people in Kidlington East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Kidlington East, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Kidlington East, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.