# OX3

Postcode district covering Oxford, Headington and New Marston, in Oxford.

OX3 is a postcode district covering Oxford, Headington and New Marston, in Oxford. Median sale price £440,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 76.8 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code OX3. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [OX](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox)

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 OX3 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £440,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in OX3 was £440,000 in 2025. Joint 462nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 47,634** (2021). OX3 had 47,634 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 252nd 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 42%** (2022). About 42% of people in OX3 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 81.3%** (January 2026). In OX3, 81.3% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=OX3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 42% of people in OX3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=OX3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 441 homes were sold in OX3 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=OX3) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for OX3.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=OX3) (Census 2021, England and Wales): OX3 had 47,634 usual residents at the census.

## How OX3 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | OX3 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £440,000 | 13th most expensive | 26 postcode districts, OX · 2025 |
| Population | 47,634 | 3rd most populated | 26 postcode districts, OX · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 42% | joint 8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 26 postcode districts, OX · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 81.3% | 8th lowest | 26 postcode districts, OX · Jan 2026 |

## Is OX3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX3 at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 303 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,347), other crime (843) and anti-social behaviour (382).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX3 was 78.3 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 OX3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX3 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in OX3

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Oxford 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028560) | 1,822 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.7% |
| [Oxford 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028561) | 1,984 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| [Oxford 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028562) | 1,957 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| [Oxford 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028563) | 1,570 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.1% |
| [Oxford 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028513) | 2,601 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.0% |
| [Oxford 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028514) | 1,584 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.1% |
| [Oxford 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028516) | 2,416 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| [Oxford 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028538) | 1,793 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.7% |
| [Oxford 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028534) | 1,239 | 289.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| [Oxford 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028535) | 2,171 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.1% |
| [Oxford 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028536) | 1,443 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.7% |
| [Oxford 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028537) | 1,836 | 172.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 62.8% |
| [Oxford 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028539) | 2,114 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| [Oxford 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028540) | 2,314 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 61.7% |
| [Oxford 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028515) | 1,741 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.6% |
| [Oxford 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028571) | 1,653 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.6% |
| [Oxford 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028572) | 1,869 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| [Oxford 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028573) | 1,769 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| [Oxford 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028574) | 1,436 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.0% |
| [Oxford 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028523) | 1,605 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 46.3% |
| [Oxford 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028524) | 1,744 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.1% |
| [Oxford 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028525) | 2,036 | 113.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.5% |
| [Oxford 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028526) | 2,236 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 30.6% |
| [Oxford 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028559) | 1,897 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| [Oxford 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028556) | 2,722 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.6% |
| [South Oxfordshire 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028638) | 1,527 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.2% |

## Your MP

- [Oxford East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oxford-east): Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 93% of the people here.
- [Henley and Thame](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/henley-and-thame): Freddie van Mierlo (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 6.2% of the people here.
- [Bicester and Woodstock](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bicester-and-woodstock): Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.7% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in OX3

[Barton](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/barton), [Churchill](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/churchill), [Headington](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/headington), [Lye Valley & Cowley East](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/lye-valley-and-cowley-east), [Marston](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/marston), [Risinghurst & Sandhills](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/risinghurst-and-sandhills)

## Postcode sectors in OX3

[OX3 0 (223 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3-0), [OX3 3 (4 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3-3), [OX3 7 (253 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3-7), [OX3 8 (238 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3-8), [OX3 9 (286 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3-9)

## Council

[Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford)

## Towns in OX3

[Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford)

## Postcode districts next to OX3

[OX1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox1), [OX2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox2), [OX4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4), [OX5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox5), [OX33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox33)

## Nearest rail stations

[Islip (4.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.2382,51.8257), [Oxford Parkway (4.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.2745,51.8041), [Oxford (5.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.2701,51.7535)

## More in the OX postcode area

[All OX postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## OX3 in brief

OX3 is a postcode district covering Oxford, Headington and New Marston, in Oxford.
About 48,179 people lived in OX3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £440,000 in 2025 across 441 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX3 was £440,000 in 2025.
OX3 had 47,634 usual residents at the census.
About 42% of people in OX3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In OX3, 81.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: OX3
- Postcode area: [OX](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox)
- Constituency: [Oxford East †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oxford-east)
- Council: [Oxford †](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford)
- Area: 37.68 km²
- People, mid-2024: 48,179*
- Neighbourhoods: 26
- Output areas: 137

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[OX33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox33), [OX5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox5), [OX4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4), [OX2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox2), [OX1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox1)

## Latest updates for OX3

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/OX3

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3