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OX4

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Oxford, Blackbird Leys and Headington Hill, in Oxford.

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 OX4 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In OX4, 84.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£400,000
587th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
66,808
53rd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
84.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How OX4 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

OX4Middle
Median sale price26 postcode districts, OX · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in OX26 areas from £300,000 to £615,750. The middle area is £432,500. OX4 is £400,000.
£400,000joint 8th cheapest
Population26 postcode districts, OX · 2021
Population: every postcode district in OX26 areas from 4,267 to 66,808. The middle area is 25,712. OX4 is 66,808.
66,808most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage26 postcode districts, OX · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in OX26 areas from 71.5% to 94.4%. The middle area is 86.6%. OX4 is 84.1%.
84.1%12th lowest
Claimant rate26 postcode districts, OX · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in OX26 areas from 1.3% to 3.4%. The middle area is 1.8%. OX4 is 3.4%.
3.4%highest

Is OX4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX4 at a rate of 107.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 695 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX4.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,841), other crime (1,678) and anti-social behaviour (723).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX4 was 115.9 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 OX4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX4 has no single figure. Of its 37 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 3 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 OX4

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Oxford 011A1,690101.6 per 1,000689.1%
Oxford 011B1,351124.7 per 1,000686.2%
Oxford 011C1,499133.6 per 1,000994.3%
Oxford 011D1,222254.4 per 1,000468.6%
Oxford 011E1,71769.1 per 1,000799.1%
Oxford 011F1,886160.5 per 1,000691.9%
Oxford 011G1,775139.2 per 1,000794.2%
Oxford 014A1,87138.5 per 1,0001096.4%
Oxford 014B1,872102.7 per 1,000484.9%
Oxford 014C2,27267.8 per 1,000995.5%
Oxford 015A1,80148.8 per 1,000996.3%
Oxford 015B1,680216.5 per 1,000585.3%
Oxford 015C1,778182.5 per 1,000469.1%
Oxford 015D2,14487.5 per 1,000791.2%
Oxford 015E1,544111.3 per 1,000788.9%
Oxford 015F1,535149.0 per 1,000898.9%
Oxford 016A2,195135.8 per 1,000273.2%
Oxford 016B1,835262.1 per 1,000361.5%
Oxford 016C1,55662.8 per 1,000598.4%
Oxford 016D1,643103.0 per 1,000798.8%
Oxford 016E1,73454.4 per 1,000396.4%
Oxford 016F2,27067.1 per 1,000288.0%
Oxford 017A1,35278.0 per 1,000376.5%
Oxford 017B1,596135.2 per 1,000287.3%
Oxford 017C1,742120.7 per 1,000472.9%
Oxford 017D1,86797.5 per 1,000381.3%
Oxford 018A1,697117.4 per 1,000274.4%
Oxford 018B1,498173.7 per 1,000186.1%
Oxford 018C1,60795.2 per 1,000199.8%
Oxford 018D2,10943.7 per 1,0007100.0%
Oxford 019A2,95780.0 per 1,000569.5%
Oxford 019B2,06976.3 per 1,000785.6%
Oxford 019C1,66679.9 per 1,000598.2%
Oxford 019D1,48676.7 per 1,000678.8%
Oxford 020C1,72781.2 per 1,000797.2%
Oxford 020D2,09573.5 per 1,000565.7%
South Oxfordshire 006E1,20443.4 per 1,000867.0%

MPs for OX4

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 OX47

Postcode sectors in OX47

Council1

Towns in OX41

Postcode districts next to OX45

Nearest rail stations2

More in the OX postcode area2

OX4 in brief

OX4 is a postcode district covering Oxford, Blackbird Leys and Headington Hill, in Oxford.

About 69,227 people lived in OX4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 515 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 107.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in OX4 was £400,000 in 2025.

OX4 had 66,808 usual residents at the census.

In OX4, 84.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In OX4, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.