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How do I compare house prices between areas?

The average house price in City Centre is £709,559 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices rose 29.7%.

England / Oxfordshire / Oxford

City Centre

£709,559

Average price, last 12 months

+29.7% in a year
OCT 2016£465kSEPT 2026£710k

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What can I buy with my budget in City Centre?

With £710,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in City Centre.

£710,000

City Centre

  • Flats

    £456,700

    In budget

  • Terraced

    £1,101,823

    £392k short

  • Semi-detached

    £690,000

    In budget

  • Detached

    £620,000

    In budget

Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.

How much would a mortgage cost in City Centre?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in City Centre costs £3,550 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • City Centre

    £3,550

    a month

    Average price
    £709,559
    Deposit
    £70,956
    Mortgage
    £638,603
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £141,912

A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.

What does each type of home cost?

Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.

Detached

  • £620,000

Semi-detached

  • £690,000

Terraced

  • £1,101,823

Flats

  • £456,700

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

City Centre

Mostly flats

28%
68%

How green is City Centre?

City Centre has 4 public parks among 25 green space sites. Green space covers 7.1% of the area: about 11 m² per resident, or 1.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 87% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • City Centre

    7.1%

    of the land is green space
    11 m² per resident, or 1.5 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    4 public parks

Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

How crowded is City Centre?

City Centre has about 47 residents for every football pitch of land, or 17,025 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

City Centre
47 people per football pitch of land · 17,025 per square mile

Each figure is 2 people. Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).

How have average house prices moved?

Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.

When have prices risen and fallen in City Centre?

Prices in City Centre were down on a year earlier in 42 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now up 29.7% on a year earlier.

City Centre42 of 108 months down
FallingRising

Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.

How many homes were sold?

Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.

How do all the numbers compare?

Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.

Latest 12-month average

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    £709,559

Change over 1 year

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    +£162,418

Change over ~10 years

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    +£264,336

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    42

Number of postcodes

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    1,738

Households (Census 2021)

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    2,129

Household density

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    2,168 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    16,719

Population density

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    17,025 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    11 m² per resident · less than 87% of areas

Green space share of area

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    7.1%

Public parks

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    4

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    233 per 1,000 · Very High

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    −2.9%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    16 per 1,000

Peak month

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    OCT 2025 · £2,141,666

Most common price band

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    £500k – £1m · 32.1%

Detached average

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    £620,000

Semi-detached average

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    £690,000

Terraced average

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    £1,101,823

Flats average

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    £456,700

Detached share of sales

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    0.9%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    3.6%

Terraced share of sales

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    27.7%

Flats share of sales

  • City Centre

    England / Oxfordshire / Oxford / City Centre

    67.9%

Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

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