Compton Close Didcot, South Oxfordshire

8 addresses across 2 postcodes (OX11), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 36216018.

5 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 4). 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in South Oxfordshire costs £2,598 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 74 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from July 2021 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 59 m². Most common: Flat (4); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 2003-2006 (5). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (4); rented (private) (1).

Council tax

What each band costs in South Oxfordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,598 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,732£2,020£2,309£2,598£3,175£3,752£4,329£5,195

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (47% of about 720 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
OX11 7HDnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
OX11 7HXnot in 2 or 3 1 / 1 / 0 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
OX11 7HD100%100%100%0%
OX11 7HX100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 31 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Lydalls Nursery SchoolNursery3–580 m Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Manor Primary SchoolPrimary4–11600 m Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ladygrove Park Primary SchoolPrimary3–11700 m Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Didcot Girls' SchoolSecondary11–18760 m No published inspection
Willowcroft Community SchoolPrimary2–11800 m No published inspection
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–11860 m No published inspection
St Birinus SchoolSecondary11–18900 m No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstanding
Northbourne Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.3 km No published inspection
Stephen Freeman Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.3 km No published inspection
Sires Hill Primary AcademyPrimary2–111.4 km Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Aureus Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.7 km Outstanding (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
Didcot Primary AcademyPrimary3–111.8 km No published inspection

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 31 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Sustainable Didcot Food Rescue OX11 7NNDistributors/Transporters90 mAwaiting inspection
Prince of Wales OX11 7NNPub/bar/nightclub140 m5 Very good19 May 2026
Didcot Community Kitchen OX11 7NURestaurant/Cafe/Canteen270 m5 Very good5 Jun 2026
Cineworld OX11 7LLRetailers - other290 m5 Very good7 Jan 2026
Fusion OX11 7LTRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen320 m3 Generally satisfactory16 Apr 2026
TG Jones OX11 8RNRetailers - other320 mExempt
Papa Johns OX11 8RNTakeaway/sandwich shop330 m5 Very good15 Sep 2026
Broadway Butchers OX11 8RNRetailers - other330 m5 Very good12 May 2026
Iceland OX11 7LERetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets330 m5 Very good21 Oct 2024
Rosmarinos Pizza/Burger Master OX11 8RNTakeaway/sandwich shop340 m5 Very good17 Sep 2026
The Chippy OX11 8RNTakeaway/sandwich shop340 m4 Good21 Oct 2024
Boswells Coffee Company OX11 7LGRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen340 m5 Very good10 Jun 2025
Dominos Pizza OX11 8RNTakeaway/sandwich shop340 m5 Very good21 Oct 2025
Balbinka OX11 8RNRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets340 m5 Very good13 Oct 2026
Kay Gee's Off Licence OX11 8RNRetailers - other340 m5 Very good4 Dec 2022

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

74 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences23
Anti-social behaviour12
Public order9
Criminal damage and arson8
Drugs6
Other theft5
Bicycle theft4
Vehicle crime3
Other crime1
Robbery1
Theft from the person1
Shoplifting1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Edinburgh Drive (24); On or near Didcot Parkway (13); On or near Compton Close (11); On or near Station Road (9); On or near Garth Road (7).

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Haddon Terrace · King Alfred Drive · Haydon Road · Melton Drive · Edinburgh Drive · Garth Road · Lydalls Road · Bosley's Orchard · White Leys Close · Orchard Close · Cronshaw Close · All Saints Court

All the streets in OX11 and across South Oxfordshire.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Anything about planning applications, roadworks, noise, air quality or council tax yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.