OX1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Oxford, New Osney and Grandpont, in Oxford and Vale of White Horse.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an OX1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In OX1, 72.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How OX1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is OX1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX1 at a rate of 177.1 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 461 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,403), other crime (1,365) and shoplifting (797).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX1 was 172.9 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in OX1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX1 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in OX1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford 008A | 9,899 | 242.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 38.4% |
| Oxford 008B | 4,100 | 313.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 65.6% |
| Oxford 009D | 1,692 | 142.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.5% |
| Oxford 012A | 1,416 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Oxford 012B | 1,811 | 132.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.2% |
| Oxford 012C | 1,203 | 138.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.1% |
| Oxford 012D | 1,148 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 70.0% |
| Vale of White Horse 002A | 1,342 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.2% |
| Vale of White Horse 002B | 1,568 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Vale of White Horse 002C | 1,646 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.3% |
| Vale of White Horse 003F | 1,423 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
MPs for OX1
- Layla MoranLiberal DemocratMP for Oxford West and Abingdon84% of OX1’s postcodes
- Anneliese DoddsLabour (Co-op)MP for Oxford East16% of OX1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in OX13
Postcode sectors in OX16
Councils OX1 covers2
Towns in OX11
Postcode districts next to OX15
Nearest rail stations2
More in the OX postcode area2
OX1 in brief
OX1 is a postcode district covering Oxford, New Osney and Grandpont, in Oxford and Vale of White Horse.
About 27,346 people lived in OX1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £485,000 in 2025 across 184 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 177.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX1 was £485,000 in 2025.
OX1 had 26,825 usual residents at the census.
In OX1, 72.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In OX1, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.