OX17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Middleton Cheney and Adderbury, in West Northamptonshire and 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 OX17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In OX17, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How OX17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is OX17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX17 at a rate of 35.1 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 70 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (256), anti-social behaviour (134) and other crime (108).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX17 was 38.8 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 OX17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX17 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 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 OX17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherwell 001A | 1,325 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.3% |
| Cherwell 001B | 1,544 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.7% |
| Cherwell 008A | 1,859 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% |
| Cherwell 008B | 1,631 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.5% |
| West Northamptonshire 048A | 1,823 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.3% |
| West Northamptonshire 048B | 1,218 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.2% |
| West Northamptonshire 048C | 1,332 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.2% |
| West Northamptonshire 048E | 1,914 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.4% |
| West Northamptonshire 052A | 2,307 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| West Northamptonshire 052C | 1,999 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 45.9% |
MPs for OX17
- Sarah BoolConservativeMP for South Northamptonshire49% of OX17’s postcodes
- Sean WoodcockLabourMP for Banbury39% of OX17’s postcodes
- Sir Jeremy WrightConservativeMP for Kenilworth and Southam7.1% of OX17’s postcodes
- Stuart AndrewConservativeMP for Daventry4.5% of OX17’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 OX172
Postcode sectors in OX173
Councils OX17 covers2
Postcode districts next to OX178
More in the OX postcode area2
OX17 in brief
OX17 is a postcode district covering Middleton Cheney and Adderbury, in West Northamptonshire and Cherwell.
About 18,228 people lived in OX17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £420,250 in 2025 across 272 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 35.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX17 was £420,250 in 2025.
OX17 had 18,453 usual residents at the census.
In OX17, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In OX17, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.