Oxford congestion charge raises more than £1m in January
The £5 daily congestion charge was brought in on six roads in the city in October
Last updated 25th Feb 2026
Oxford's congestion charge raised more than a million pounds in January alone, new figures show.
Most of that money came from fines for drivers not paying the £5 fee on six city centre roads.
Oxfordshire County Council introduced the temporary charge in October.
Latest figures show, in total, £1.04m was generated from the scheme in January. £757,435 of that was income from penalty charges, while the remaining £287,205 came from congestion charge payments.
In total, the authority has generated £1.7m from the scheme since it started at the end of October.
Meanwhile, the Council said its monitoring data also shows an increase in park and ride use, and improvement to city centre traffic and key journey times.
Councillor Andrew Gant, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport Management, said: “It’s very encouraging to see how many people have taken up our offer of free park and ride bus travel into the city with the congestion charge, with reduced traffic on key routes enabling improvements to bus services to be made across the city.
“Park and ride is an increasingly convenient way to visit Oxford, and the more people use it, the more we all benefit.
“It’s still too early for us to draw firm conclusions and we will continue to watch the impacts of the temporary congestion charge carefully as residents, visitors and businesses adjust to it.”