Crap Towns / Oxford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Oxford?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Oxford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 151 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 78.6% of premises, 16% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 151 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 729 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 57,637 | 78.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Grove | 20.3 km | 1.3 |
| Oxford | – | 1.0 |
| Wallingford | 19.3 km | 0.8 |
| Eynsham | 8.6 km | 0.8 |
| Bicester | 17.4 km | 0.8 |
| Didcot | 16.2 km | 0.8 |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 8.8 km | 0.7 |
| Thame | 19.4 km | 0.2 |
| Witney | 16.0 km | 0.2 |
| Benson | 18.9 km | 0.1 |
| Kidlington | 7.7 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |