Wildmoor in South East has a Check Local Score of 77/100 (very good), drawn from official data on safety, schools, transport, housing, amenities and the local environment, each measured against the national average — a score of 60 is typical for the country.
Wildmoor reads as small-village-adjacent rather than suburban sprawl: a population barely nudging three hundred, low-rise streets of semis and terraces, and a density well under a third of the national suburban average. This isn't a place with a high street of its own so much as a quiet residential pocket that borrows its buzz from elsewhere.
The property picture matches that scale. Semi-detached homes dominate what sells, freehold is the overwhelming norm — 26 of 27 recent sales — and a median price of £350,000 sits below the Vale of White Horse average, about 8% cheaper than its wider district. What's notable is that both the semi-detached and terraced prices here run ahead of the national medians for those types, so you're paying a premium for something that isn't a national house-price hotspot in headline terms — a village discount on the district, but not a bargain in absolute terms. On schools, John Mason School serves as the local secondary, though its progress 8 score of -0.52 is a genuine outlier against the otherwise comfortable grade pattern here — worth a closer look if you have secondary-age children, even in a spot that otherwise ticks along nicely. Sunningwell Church of England Primary, small at 74 pupils, and The Manor Preparatory School round out the picture for families weighing independent versus state options.
Green space is limited in count — just two named areas — but generous in scale at over 17 hectares between them, so what's there tends to be proper open ground rather than a pocket park. With four transport stops serving the area and a median age of 36.4, this leans towards settled working-age households and young families rather than retirees or students, though the absence of a rail count in the data suggests this is more a driving-and-bus catchment than a commuter-rail one. Council tax at band D averages £202, notably lower than the £1,397 national band D figure would suggest for a full year — likely a partial figure, but directionally this isn't a high-tax pocket.
The crime pattern is where Wildmoor quietly surprises: an overall grade of A and a safety grade of A sit against a full A+ on environment, which is a strong constellation by any measure — yet violence and sexual offences make up 44% of the (small) crime count, a higher concentration than the more even spreads you'd see in bigger areas. With only 15 crimes recorded in 12 months, that share reflects a genuinely low base more than a hotspot in the making, but it's the one figure worth sitting with rather than skating past. Overall, this suits people who want village quiet with district-town access, who don't need a rail commute baked in, and who're comfortable doing homework on the local secondary school before committing.
Data last updated: 15 August 2026
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