OX28
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Witney, Woodgreen and Newland, in West Oxfordshire.
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 OX28 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In OX28, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How OX28 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is OX28 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX28 at a rate of 61.9 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX28.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (740), other crime (337) and anti-social behaviour (246).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX28 was 70.1 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 OX28, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX28 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in OX28
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Oxfordshire 008A | 1,287 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| West Oxfordshire 008B | 1,376 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| West Oxfordshire 008D | 1,301 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| West Oxfordshire 008E | 1,442 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.6% |
| West Oxfordshire 008F | 1,208 | 8.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.9% |
| West Oxfordshire 008G | 1,858 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.1% |
| West Oxfordshire 008H | 1,942 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.8% |
| West Oxfordshire 008I | 1,359 | 21.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.3% |
| West Oxfordshire 009A | 1,466 | 93.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| West Oxfordshire 009C | 1,386 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| West Oxfordshire 009D | 1,445 | 20.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.7% |
| West Oxfordshire 010A | 2,156 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.0% |
| West Oxfordshire 010B | 2,327 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| West Oxfordshire 010C | 1,288 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| West Oxfordshire 010D | 1,434 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| West Oxfordshire 010E | 1,653 | 316.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.6% |
| West Oxfordshire 010F | 1,912 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
Your MP
- Charlie MaynardLiberal DemocratMP for Witney
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 OX283
Postcode sectors in OX287
Council1
Towns in OX281
Postcode districts next to OX281
More in the OX postcode area2
OX28 in brief
OX28 is a postcode district covering Witney, Woodgreen and Newland, in West Oxfordshire.
About 29,174 people lived in OX28 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £341,750 in 2025 across 442 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX28 was £341,750 in 2025.
OX28 had 27,976 usual residents at the census.
In OX28, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In OX28, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.