Shotover Hill
Suburb · 120 residents
61Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Environment scores 92, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 50 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Road noise reaches 60% of the area
- Food & drink scores 22, below the typical 60
- Health scores 25, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Shotover Hill
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Is Shotover Hill a good place to live?
Shotover Hill scores 61/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (92) and safety (87).
It scores lowest on food & drink (22) and health (25).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Shotover Hill in South East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Shotover Hill
Shotover Hill sits on the edge of Oxford where the housing thins out and the green takes over — semi-detached and detached homes on quiet roads, hedges rather than fences, and very little passing trade. There's no high street to speak of here; this is a place people drive or walk out from, not through, and the 122 hectares of green space that dominates the area (Shotover Country Park, effectively at the doorstep) tells you most of what you need to know about why people choose it.
The practical picture is a comfortable one. Wheatley Park School serves secondary-age children with a solidly positive progress score, and Horspath Church of England Primary covers the early years — neither flashy, both steady, which fits an area with a school grade that sits just above average rather than exceptional. Connectivity is the one soft spot in an otherwise strong pattern: the transport grade is respectable but not the headline act, so this reads as a driving suburb more than a rail-commuter one. A median age of 46.5, well above the national 40.4, confirms it: this is where people settle once they're established, not where they land in their twenties.
Money-wise, Shotover Hill is unambiguously well-off — income and deprivation deciles both sit at 9, among the better-off pockets nationally, and a median house price of £485,000 runs 14% above South Oxfordshire itself, which is already a pricier-than-average district. Every recorded sale here was freehold, mostly semi-detached and detached, which is the classic signature of an established, low-turnover street where boards don't go up often and new-build is essentially nonexistent. Rent tracks a little above the regional norm too, so this isn't a place you fall into by accident on a budget.