OX15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bloxham and Bodicote, in Cherwell.
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 OX15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In OX15, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How OX15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is OX15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX15 at a rate of 33.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 51 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (298), other crime (136) and burglary (109).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX15 was 33.6 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 OX15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX15 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 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 OX15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherwell 001C | 1,082 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.4% |
| Cherwell 001E | 1,221 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.3% |
| Cherwell 008D | 2,864 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
| Cherwell 008E | 1,871 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Cherwell 008F | 1,376 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.6% |
| Cherwell 008G | 1,505 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Cherwell 009A | 1,923 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.2% |
| Cherwell 009B | 1,591 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| Cherwell 009C | 1,242 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.6% |
| Cherwell 009D | 1,146 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.1% |
| Cherwell 009E | 1,441 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.2% |
| Cherwell 010A | 1,462 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.3% |
| Cherwell 010B | 1,392 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| Stratford-on-Avon 015A | 2,120 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.4% |
MPs for OX15
- Sean WoodcockLabourMP for Banbury90% of OX15’s postcodes
- Manuela PerteghellaLiberal DemocratMP for Stratford-on-Avon6.8% of OX15’s postcodes
- Sir Jeremy WrightConservativeMP for Kenilworth and Southam2.8% of OX15’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 OX153
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OX15 in brief
OX15 is a postcode district covering Bloxham and Bodicote, in Cherwell.
About 21,772 people lived in OX15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,000 in 2025 across 308 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 33.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX15 was £425,000 in 2025.
OX15 had 20,999 usual residents at the census.
In OX15, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In OX15, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.