OX16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Banbury, Ruscote and Grimsbury, 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 OX16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In OX16, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How OX16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is OX16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX16 at a rate of 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 494 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,323), other crime (1,033) and anti-social behaviour (647).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX16 was 96.4 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 OX16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX16 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 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 OX16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherwell 001F | 1,727 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.9% |
| Cherwell 002A | 2,453 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.5% |
| Cherwell 002C | 1,446 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| Cherwell 002D | 1,414 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Cherwell 002E | 2,194 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Cherwell 002F | 1,333 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Cherwell 003A | 1,479 | 202.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 11.7% |
| Cherwell 003B | 1,583 | 185.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 74.4% |
| Cherwell 003C | 1,270 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Cherwell 003D | 1,683 | 79.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cherwell 004A | 2,073 | 370.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 57.4% |
| Cherwell 004C | 1,627 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.0% |
| Cherwell 004E | 1,397 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Cherwell 004F | 1,637 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.5% |
| Cherwell 004G | 1,479 | 115.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.0% |
| Cherwell 004H | 1,512 | 123.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.8% |
| Cherwell 004I | 1,210 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.2% |
| Cherwell 004J | 1,664 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.6% |
| Cherwell 005A | 1,469 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cherwell 005B | 1,522 | 142.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.5% |
| Cherwell 005C | 1,291 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Cherwell 005D | 1,474 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cherwell 005E | 1,406 | 114.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cherwell 005F | 1,722 | 119.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Cherwell 006A | 1,873 | 178.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.2% |
| Cherwell 006B | 1,617 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.4% |
| Cherwell 006C | 1,982 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Cherwell 006D | 1,610 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Cherwell 006E | 1,941 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Cherwell 007A | 1,765 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Cherwell 007B | 1,460 | 166.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| Cherwell 007C | 1,347 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Cherwell 007D | 1,076 | 87.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Sean WoodcockLabourMP for Banbury
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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OX16 in brief
OX16 is a postcode district covering Banbury, Ruscote and Grimsbury, in Cherwell.
About 57,866 people lived in OX16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 822 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 96.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX16 was £300,000 in 2025.
OX16 had 53,213 usual residents at the census.
In OX16, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In OX16, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.