Kidmore End
Village · 136 residents
72Very good
Very good · better than 8 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 29 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- 100% of schools are rated Good or better by Ofsted
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Health scores 37, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Kidmore End
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Kidmore End a good place to live?
Kidmore End scores 72/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (87) and schools (70).
It scores lowest on health (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Kidmore End in South East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Kidmore End
Kidmore End reads as detached houses behind hedges, gravel driveways, and very little through-traffic — the kind of place where a For Sale board is a rare enough event that neighbours notice. Seven recorded sales tell you most of what you need to know: five detached homes, all freehold, a median price near £970,000. This isn't a village dipping a toe into the property ladder; it's one rung from the top of it, sitting comfortably above even its own well-off district, South Oxfordshire, where the typical home already costs more than most of the country.
That district comparison matters, because Kidmore End isn't just pricier than the national picture — it's roughly a quarter above South Oxfordshire itself, which is already one of the more expensive corners of the South East. The income and deprivation figures back this up starkly: this is a decile 9 area for deprivation and decile 10 for income, meaning almost nowhere in England is materially better off. Kidmore End Church of England Primary School, rated Good, anchors the family side of the picture, and with a median age pushing 48, this reads less as a young-family starter village and more as a place people move to once they're established — downsizing professionals, or families who've arrived with the deposit already in hand rather than saving toward one.
Green space here is modest in acreage but the village doesn't feel short of air — this is the kind of spot where the garden does the work a park might do elsewhere, and the low population density (a fraction of the regional average) means daily life has room to breathe. Don't expect a restaurant strip or a run of independent cafés; with a population this size, eating out means driving to somewhere else, and evenings are quiet by design rather than by decline. Safety is the standout thread running through the numbers — the overall picture sits well above the national average, and the crime grade is as high as this scoring system goes, with the twelve-month total barely registering. Violence and theft show up in the breakdown, as they do almost everywhere, but the scale is small enough that it reads as background noise rather than a pattern to worry about.