OX26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bicester, Woodfield and Greenwood, 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 OX26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In OX26, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How OX26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is OX26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX26 at a rate of 82.5 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 287 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,125), shoplifting (898) and other crime (576).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX26 was 75.8 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 OX26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX26 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in OX26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherwell 011F | 1,979 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.2% |
| Cherwell 012A | 1,442 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Cherwell 012B | 2,047 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.8% |
| Cherwell 012C | 1,660 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Cherwell 012D | 1,577 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.9% |
| Cherwell 013A | 1,493 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.5% |
| Cherwell 013B | 1,457 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.7% |
| Cherwell 013C | 1,369 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |
| Cherwell 013D | 1,567 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
| Cherwell 013E | 1,829 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.5% |
| Cherwell 014A | 1,758 | 109.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.2% |
| Cherwell 014B | 1,426 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| Cherwell 014C | 1,646 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Cherwell 014D | 1,346 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Cherwell 014E | 1,205 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Cherwell 014F | 1,469 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| Cherwell 015A | 2,592 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.2% |
| Cherwell 015B | 1,645 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Cherwell 015C | 1,376 | 21.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Cherwell 015E | 1,740 | 339.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 75.3% |
| Cherwell 015F | 1,228 | 492.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.7% |
| Cherwell 016G | 1,912 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Cherwell 016H | 1,702 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Cherwell 016I | 1,883 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 62.7% |
Your MP
- Calum MillerLiberal DemocratMP for Bicester and Woodstock
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 OX265
Postcode sectors in OX267
Council1
Towns in OX261
Postcode districts next to OX263
Nearest rail stations2
More in the OX postcode area2
OX26 in brief
OX26 is a postcode district covering Bicester, Woodfield and Greenwood, in Cherwell.
About 40,212 people lived in OX26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £351,000 in 2025 across 584 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX26 was £351,000 in 2025.
OX26 had 37,894 usual residents at the census.
In OX26, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In OX26, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.