Cowley Area Guide | £428k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
8,768
Households
3,130
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 11.2 per 1k
3,130
Households
White Brit. · 44%
Ethnicity
Christian · 42%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 11.2 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£428,000
Median property price
130
Postcodes
3,130
Households
White Brit. · 44%
Ethnicity
Christian · 42%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 11.2 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£428,000
Median property price
130
Postcodes

Sold prices in Cowley

England & Wales
Property sales · Cowley
HM Land Registry · Cowley
Average price
£412,042
YoY: +3.5%
Median price: £412,500
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jul '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 2 sales · avg £350,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£479k£278k£78k
Jul '24Jan '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Cowley

England & Wales
Crime trends · Cowley

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
35
YoY +46%
352617
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
8
YoY —
30174
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
1580
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
1050
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
2
YoY —
1371
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

98
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Cowley

High flood risk in part of this area

3 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models · Fluvial Models and Fluvial Events

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Oxfordshire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Oxford is the district council. School applications go through Oxfordshire.

Apply for a primary place via Oxfordshire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Schools in Cowley

Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

View all schools in this area

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Amenities in Cowley

219 mapped places in this local authority

83 Libraries · 77 Universities · 41 GPs · 219 in all

  • Libraries83
  • Universities77
  • GPs41
  • Museums12
  • Hospitals6

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Cowley

Coordinates51.7314, -1.2178
Postcodes
130
Population (Census)
8,768
Households (Census)
3,130
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 11.2 per 1k

Demographics in Cowley

Ethnicity

Total residents: 8,764
White Brit.43.7%
Other White16.5%
Pakistani10.2%
Other Asian4.6%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group4.3%
+ 9 other groups · 20.8%

Religion

Total residents: 8,767
Christian42.0%
No religion28.9%
Muslim16.1%
Not answered8.5%
Hindu1.8%
+ other · 2.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 8,768
35–4922.8%
25–3419.7%
50–6416.9%
20–246.3%
≤46.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.0%

Households

Total households: 3,130
Other16.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.5%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over11.0%
Any member 66+9.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.3%
+ 8 other households · 39.4%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Cowley

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 6.44 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.44 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Cowley