London commuter townsBanbury vs Bicester
Banbury vs Bicester: which commuter town suits you?
Bicester is 9 minutes closer to London, but Banbury is £31k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
57 min
48 min
Annual season ticket
£8,653
£5,220
Average house price
£329k
£360k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
8.5x
9.3x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
61
55
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
867 Mb
867 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.6
7.6
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
37
17
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
169 ha
93 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
124
88
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
The full picture on each
Living in Bicester
Oxfordshire · 48 min to London · average sold price £360k.
Read the Bicester report