# OX2 8BQ: area report for a postcode in Oxford

OX2 8BQ is a postcode in Oxford.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Oxford. Open the map at OX2 8BQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) › [OX2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox2) › [OX2 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox2-8)

## Around this postcode

- **14 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 56% on July. Oxford 001C: 54 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **Oxford Parkway, 2.2 km**: About 27 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 140 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **No property in OX2 8BQ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Oxford 001C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **£471,667 average price**: For the whole of Oxford, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.7 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 410 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at OX2 8BQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **Low road and rail noise at OX2 8BQ**: Road 46 dB, rail 45 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ
- **12.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wolvercote Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wolvercote-primary-school-e142384) | Primary | 140 m (2 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, March 2024 | 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [d'Overbroeck's](https://openindex.co.uk/school/doverbroecks-e123318) | Independent | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Northern House Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/northern-house-academy-e147784) | Special | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), June 2024 | – |
| [St Edward's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edwards-school-e123292) | Independent | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Cutteslowe Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cutteslowe-primary-school-e139064) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Summer Fields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/summer-fields-school-e123293) | Independent | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Clare's, Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-clares-oxford-e133430) | Independent | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [The Cherwell School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-cherwell-school-e137970) | Secondary | 2 km (25 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), October 2022 | Attainment 8 of 58.9 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2025 | £790,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| July 2023 | £1,010,112 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| May 2026 | £350,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| January 2023 | £695,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| July 2026 | £325,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| December 2025 | £210,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| May 2023 | £650,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| February 2025 | £200,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: M&S Woodstock BP (410 m, Marks and Spencer)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £471,667** (July 2026). Oxford’s average house price was £471,667 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 2.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £43,289** (2025). Full-time workers living in Oxford earned a median of £43,289 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 82nd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 10.9×** (2025). A home in Oxford costs 10.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 35th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 14.4** (2025). Oxford has a deprivation score of 14.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 86th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Oxford 001C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 3.8** (2025). Oxford 001C has a deprivation score of 3.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,664th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £790,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Oxford 001C was £790,000 in 2025. Joint 1,017th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,447** (2021). Oxford 001C had 1,447 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 20,418th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 75.8%** (January 2026). In Oxford 001C, 75.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## OX2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £615,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in OX2 was £615,750 in 2025. 138th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 41,359** (2021). OX2 had 41,359 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 412th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 2%** (2022). About 2% of people in OX2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 73.7%** (January 2026). In OX2, 73.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford)
- Centre: 51.7850, -1.2826

Council: [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Oxford West and Abingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oxford-west-and-abingdon): Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.2826,51.7850,OX28BQ

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