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It leads Oxfordshire and the South East, outperforming its county by 232 points and its region by 397 points. Its strongest result is on Innovation, where it sits 3rd nationally and 651 points above the UK benchmark.",[83,84,85],"Oxford's composite score combines four pillar scores: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted at 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively.","Each score is averaged across active companies in the authority, with corporate groups counted once. That approach means a smaller authority with highly active companies can outscore a larger one, making it a fair basis for comparing places of very different sizes.","The UK as a whole scores 1,000, so Oxford's composite of 1,400 places it firmly above the national average across all four pillars. The likely range of 1,346 to 1,454 shows how much the score could move with a slightly different mix of companies; a score is only published when that range is narrow enough to rely on.",{"innovation":87,"scaling":88,"investment":89,"esg":90},"Innovation measures granted patent families filed in the last 20 years, R&D grant value, university spinout status, and whether companies are tagged with innovative sectors or IS-8 sectors. Oxford ranks 3rd of 361 authorities on this pillar, scoring 1,651, which is 651 points above the UK benchmark, and outperforms 99.2% of all authorities. That result points to an unusually high concentration of companies with patent activity, R&D grant funding and innovative sector characteristics.","Scaling measures whether companies are 20% scaleups, their annualised three-year headcount growth rate, and accelerator attendance. Oxford ranks 6th of 360 on this pillar, scoring 1,102, which is 102 points above the UK benchmark. Its companies are adding staff noticeably faster than the UK average, and the narrow likely range of 1,069 to 1,135 gives confidence in that reading.","Investment measures whether companies have raised equity in the last five years, the value of that equity, and whether a company's first ever equity deal fell within that period. Oxford ranks 3rd of 360 on this pillar, scoring 1,518, which is 518 points above the UK benchmark. Oxford's companies are raising equity at a rate and scale that places the authority among the very top in the country.","ESG measures clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit proxy status. Oxford ranks 7th of 361 on this pillar, scoring 1,182, which is 182 points above the UK benchmark. Although this is Oxford's lowest-scoring pillar relative to the UK average, it still places the authority in the top 2% nationally, outperforming 98.1% of all authorities.","The chart below compares Oxford's composite score with the other authorities in Oxfordshire, where it leads with 1,400 against the next-highest, Vale of White Horse, at 1,287.",[93,96,99,102,105,108],{"question":94,"answer":95},"What is Oxford's Local Growth Index score?","Oxford's composite score is 1,400, placing it 3rd of 361 UK local authorities and 400 points above the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":97,"answer":98},"How does Oxford compare to the rest of Oxfordshire?","Oxford ranks 1st among the 5 authorities in Oxfordshire, scoring 232 points above the county average of 1,168. The next-highest authority in the county is Vale of White Horse, with a score of 1,287.",{"question":100,"answer":101},"How does Oxford compare to the South East region?","Oxford ranks 1st of the 64 authorities in the South East, scoring 397 points above the regional average of 1,003.",{"question":103,"answer":104},"What is Oxford's strongest pillar in the Local Growth Index?","Innovation is Oxford's strongest pillar, with a score of 1,651, ranking 3rd of 361 authorities and 651 points above the UK benchmark.",{"question":106,"answer":107},"How many companies are counted in Oxford's score?","The score is based on 7,770 active companies in Oxford, with corporate groups counted once rather than as separate registered entities.",{"question":109,"answer":110},"What does the Local Growth Index actually measure?","The index measures the characteristics of companies in each local authority across four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG. It is not a measure of economic output or GDP; it reflects how active local companies are across those dimensions.","Oxford ranks 3rd of 361 UK local authorities on the Local Growth Index, scoring 1,400, some 400 points above the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"source":113,"cached":21,"generatedAt":114},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:29:52",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]