Detached
£566,117
45% above the Cherwell average
30.6% of sales
What is the average house price in Cherwell? £390,454
The average house price in Cherwell is £390,454, based on 1,891 homes sold in the 12 months to September 2026. Prices are up 0.1% (£477) on a year earlier.
- 1 year change
- +0.1%
- Sold in 12 months
- 1,891
- Data up to
- September 2026
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, not asking prices. How we calculate this
How much does each type of property cost in Cherwell?
Average sold price by property type, and each type's share of recent sales.
Semi-detached
£356,580
9% below the Cherwell average
31.4% of sales
Terraced
£304,274
22% below the Cherwell average
28.3% of sales
Flats
£185,245
53% below the Cherwell average
9.7% of sales
Are house prices in Cherwell going up or down?
House prices in Cherwell are rising: up 0.1% (£477) over the past year. Over the past 10 years, prices are up 23.0% (£73,038).
Past 12 months
+0.1%
+£477From £389,977 to £390,454
£392,520£381,797
Past 10 years
+23.0%
+£73,038From £317,416 to £390,454
£402,561£317,416
Quick answers for Cherwell
10 key facts at a glance.
When did prices peak?
£598,668
Highest average, reached in February 2023
How many homes sold?
1,891
Recorded so far for the 12 months to September 2026
What sells most often?
Semi-detached houses
31.4% of recent sales
What is the most common price range?
£300k - £400k
30.3% of sales
How many people live in Cherwell?
161,043
708 people per square mile · High (Census 2021)
Population density is High, on a scale from Very Low to Very High.
Usual residents, including communal establishments.
How many households are in Cherwell?
65,908
290 households per square mile · High (Census 2021)
Household density is High, on a scale from Very Low to Very High.
Occupied households, not communal establishments.
How much green space is in Cherwell?
34 m² per resident
More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales. That's about 4.7 football pitches for every 1,000 residents.
0.9% of the area · 73 public parks. Parks, playing fields, allotments and other public green space, not counting golf courses. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
What is the crime rate in Cherwell?
68 crimes per 1,000 residents
High · −1.7% on the previous year · 12 months to September 2026
Crime rate is High, on a scale from Very Low to Very High.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.
Which areas cost the most and least?
Most expensive
Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp
£2,379,166
Least expensive
Drayton
£290,923
How does Cherwell rank?
5th most expensive area of Oxfordshire.
Compared with 5 areas
What are the most expensive homes sold in Cherwell?
The highest recorded sale prices in Cherwell, from HM Land Registry.
#1 Most expensive sale
70 hampden square, oxfordshire
£31,500,000
Sold February 2023
View house details
How do house prices in Cherwell compare with nearby areas?
Cherwell compared with the 4 nearest other areas in Oxfordshire.
Cherwell vs West Oxfordshire
- Cherwell
- £390,454
- West Oxfordshire
- £470,118+£79,664
Open comparison
Cherwell vs Oxford
- Cherwell
- £390,454
- Oxford
- £563,634+£173,180
Open comparison
Cherwell vs Vale of White Horse
- Cherwell
- £390,454
- Vale of White Horse
- £445,809+£55,355
Open comparison
Cherwell vs South Oxfordshire
- Cherwell
- £390,454
- South Oxfordshire
- £538,806+£148,352
Open comparison
Which areas of Cherwell are most expensive?
Average sold price in each of the 78 areas of Cherwell, most expensive first.
- 1
£2,379,166
Change over one year: +456.3%
- 2
£1,547,500
Change over one year: +348.6%
- 3
£1,359,000
Change over one year: +41.6%
- 4
£1,140,000
Change over one year: +199.6%
- 5
£1,135,000
Change over one year: +152.2%
- 6
£1,061,600
Change over one year: +40.3%
- 7
£1,008,333
Change over one year: +115.3%
- 8
£985,000
Change over one year: +181.4%
- 9
£900,500
Change over one year: +2.9%
- 10
£864,903
Change over one year: −8.1%
- 11
£785,233
Change over one year: +13.8%
- 12
£769,750
Change over one year: −34.3%
- 13
£736,200
Change over one year: +35.1%
- 14
£721,642
Change over one year: +31.8%
- 15
£717,500
Change over one year: +50.3%
- 16
£715,000
Change over one year: +43.7%
- 17
£713,333
Change over one year: −17.9%
- 18
£686,666
Change over one year: −26.7%
- 19
£678,000
Change over one year: +52.9%
- 20
£677,000
Change over one year: +58.9%
- 21
£671,875
Change over one year: +36.4%
- 22
£668,571
Change over one year: −25.2%
- 23
£663,250
Change over one year: +7.0%
- 24
£656,250
Change over one year: +3.2%
- 25
£653,000
Change over one year: −18.5%
- 26
£632,777
Change over one year: +44.3%
- 27
£617,069
Change over one year: +49.6%
- 28
£594,500
Change over one year: +26.0%
- 29
£581,363
Change over one year: −24.3%
- 30
£565,937
Change over one year: −17.6%
- 31
£563,250
Change over one year: +92.9%
- 32
£562,500
Change over one year: −8.9%
- 33
£556,666
Change over one year: −8.3%
- 34
£549,444
Change over one year: +6.4%
- 35
£545,611
Change over one year: +1.7%
- 36
£538,950
Change over one year: +73.9%
- 37
£536,500
Change over one year: −48.9%
- 38
£529,220
Change over one year: +0.9%
- 39
£524,987
Change over one year: −16.0%
- 40
£523,125
Change over one year: −17.2%
- 41
£522,310
Change over one year: +21.4%
- 42
£515,466
Change over one year: −7.1%
- 43
£509,979
Change over one year: +14.8%
- 44
£499,307
Change over one year: −1.6%
- 45
£498,500
Change over one year: −2.0%
- 46
£495,000
Change over one year: +25.9%
- 47
£492,642
Change over one year: −44.9%
- 48
£490,714
Change over one year: +9.0%
- 49
£486,875
Change over one year: −20.8%
- 50
£483,000
Change over one year: +8.8%
- 51
£480,948
Change over one year: +4.7%
- 52
£480,750
Change over one year: −19.2%
- 53
£479,631
Change over one year: +9.2%
- 54
£477,250
Change over one year: +10.1%
- 55
£469,133
Change over one year: −53.1%
- 56
£467,031
Change over one year: +19.0%
- 57
£460,000
Change over one year: +35.3%
- 58
£457,500
Change over one year: −36.3%
- 59
£431,938
Change over one year: +1.1%
- 60
£431,550
Change over one year: −13.7%
- 61
£425,543
Change over one year: −14.3%
- 62
£423,333
Change over one year: +70.7%
- 63
£419,166
Change over one year: −46.4%
- 64
£414,271
Change over one year: +1.0%
- 65
£411,250
Change over one year: +5.4%
- 66
£404,214
Change over one year: −1.0%
- 67
£400,000
Change over one year: +5.3%
- 68
£382,000
Change over one year: −6.5%
- 69
£381,000
Change over one year: −21.9%
- 70
£375,000
Change over one year: −53.9%
- 71
£369,772
Change over one year: −8.3%
- 72
£367,326
Change over one year: +17.2%
- 73
£364,568
Change over one year: −7.6%
- 74
£363,576
Change over one year: +0.7%
- 75
£361,188
Change over one year: +0.1%
- 76
£334,505
Change over one year: −8.4%
- 77
£296,214
Change over one year: −2.9%
- 78
£290,923
Change over one year: −8.0%
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Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.
Last updated 6 November 2026 at 00:22 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Cherwell dataset covers 9,040 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.