Oxfordshire council-run car parks issued more than 23,000 parking enforcement notices during the 2025/26 financial year, with over £600,000 generated or recovered through penalties.
Figures supplied following Freedom of Information requests detailed enforcement activity across the county.
Oxford recorded 13,043 notices, making it the largest centre of parking enforcement.
More than £405,000 was recovered through the notices issued by Oxford Direct Services, which manages enforcement for Oxford City Council.
Gloucester Green attracted 2,462 notices, while Worcester Street received 1,845.
Parkway, Thornhill and Oxpens recorded 1,402, 1,391 and 1,383 respectively.
Together, these five Oxford locations accounted for almost two-thirds of the city’s enforcement notices.
Across Cherwell, 2,783 penalty charge notices were issued and more than £57,000 was recovered.
The Market Place car park in Banbury was the district’s leading location, receiving 737 notices.
Horse Fair followed with 266, Market Square in Bicester registered 256 and Victoria Road received 209.
West Oxfordshire issued 2,143 notices with a combined value of £123,000.
Woolgate in Witney accounted for 1,157 notices, ahead of Marriotts Walk with 348 and Hensington Road in Woodstock with 125.
South Oxfordshire reported 3,489 notices and penalty charge income exceeding £101,000.
Kings Road in Henley was the district’s largest enforcement location with 1,148 notices, narrowly ahead of Greys Road on 1,057.
Vale of White Horse issued 1,586 notices and collected almost £40,000 through penalties.
The Charter complex accounted for 323 and West St Helen Street in Abingdon received 252.
Parking charges produced additional income of approximately £12.5 million across council-run car parks in Oxford, Cherwell, South Oxfordshire and Vale during 2025/26.
Several locations ranked highly for both ordinary parking income and penalty notices.
In South Oxfordshire, Kings Road generated £618,000 in parking charges while attracting 1,148 notices.
Greys Road raised £325,000 and recorded 1,057 notices.
Within Vale, Portway in Wantage produced more than £136,000 from parking charges and received 196 notices.
West St Helen Street generated almost £131,000 alongside 252 enforcement notices.
Cherwell’s Bolton Road car park in Banbury earned £417,000 despite receiving only eight notices.
Market Place generated £187,000 and also led the district’s penalty count with 737 notices.
West Oxfordshire does not impose charges for the use of its council car parks, so income from parking enforcement comes from penalty notices instead.