OX12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Grove, Wantage and Charlton, in 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 OX12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In OX12, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How OX12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is OX12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX12 at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 181 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (766), other crime (361) and anti-social behaviour (233).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX12 was 57.1 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 OX12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX12 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in OX12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vale of White Horse 007A | 2,865 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.3% |
| Vale of White Horse 011A | 1,243 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| Vale of White Horse 011B | 1,551 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.5% |
| Vale of White Horse 011C | 2,233 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.0% |
| Vale of White Horse 011D | 1,190 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.9% |
| Vale of White Horse 011E | 2,909 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.6% |
| Vale of White Horse 014A | 1,814 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.3% |
| Vale of White Horse 014C | 1,712 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Vale of White Horse 014D | 1,762 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.5% |
| Vale of White Horse 014E | 1,237 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% |
| Vale of White Horse 014F | 1,237 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| Vale of White Horse 014G | 1,138 | 197.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.2% |
| Vale of White Horse 014H | 1,166 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.7% |
| Vale of White Horse 015E | 1,603 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 56.7% |
| Vale of White Horse 015F | 2,244 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.7% |
| Vale of White Horse 016G | 2,616 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 40.5% |
MPs for OX12
- Olly GloverLiberal DemocratMP for Didcot and Wantage96% of OX12’s postcodes
- Mr Lee DillonLiberal DemocratMP for Newbury1.9% of OX12’s postcodes
- Charlie MaynardLiberal DemocratMP for Witney1.7% of OX12’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 OX122
Postcode sectors in OX125
Council1
Towns in OX122
Postcode districts next to OX126
More in the OX postcode area2
OX12 in brief
OX12 is a postcode district covering Grove, Wantage and Charlton, in Vale of White Horse.
About 33,019 people lived in OX12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £364,750 in 2025 across 606 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX12 was £364,750 in 2025.
OX12 had 29,351 usual residents at the census.
In OX12, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In OX12, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.