London commuter townsDidcot vs Thatcham
Didcot vs Thatcham: which commuter town suits you?
Didcot is 15 minutes closer to London, and the two are level on price.
Train to London
40 min
55 min
Annual season ticket
£6,831
£5,448
Average house price
£375k
£375k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
8.4x
8.9x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
42
39
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
859 Mb
896 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.8
7.5
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
38
36
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
78 ha
96 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
59
152
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.
