# OX4

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

OX4 is a postcode district covering Oxford, Blackbird Leys and Headington Hill, in Oxford. Median sale price £400,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code OX4. 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 OX4 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £400,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in OX4 was £400,000 in 2025. Joint 587th 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/ox4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 66,808** (2021). OX4 had 66,808 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 53rd 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/ox4#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 42%** (2022). About 42% of people in OX4 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/ox4#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 84.1%** (January 2026). In OX4, 84.1% 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/ox4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=OX4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 42% of people in OX4 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=OX4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 515 homes were sold in OX4 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=OX4) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for OX4.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=OX4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): OX4 had 66,808 usual residents at the census.

## How OX4 compares

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

| Measure | OX4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £400,000 | joint 8th cheapest | 26 postcode districts, OX · 2025 |
| Population | 66,808 | 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 | 84.1% | 12th lowest | 26 postcode districts, OX · Jan 2026 |

## 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

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

## Neighbourhoods in OX4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Oxford 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028579) | 1,690 | 101.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.1% |
| [Oxford 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028580) | 1,351 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.2% |
| [Oxford 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028581) | 1,499 | 133.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| [Oxford 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028582) | 1,222 | 254.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 68.6% |
| [Oxford 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028586) | 1,717 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| [Oxford 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028587) | 1,886 | 160.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.9% |
| [Oxford 011G](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028588) | 1,775 | 139.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.2% |
| [Oxford 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028545) | 1,871 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| [Oxford 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028546) | 1,872 | 102.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.9% |
| [Oxford 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028547) | 2,272 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.5% |
| [Oxford 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028527) | 1,801 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.3% |
| [Oxford 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028528) | 1,680 | 216.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.3% |
| [Oxford 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028529) | 1,778 | 182.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.1% |
| [Oxford 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028530) | 2,144 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.2% |
| [Oxford 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028575) | 1,544 | 111.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.9% |
| [Oxford 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028578) | 1,535 | 149.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| [Oxford 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028552) | 2,195 | 135.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.2% |
| [Oxford 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028553) | 1,835 | 262.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 61.5% |
| [Oxford 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028554) | 1,556 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| [Oxford 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028555) | 1,643 | 103.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| [Oxford 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028576) | 1,734 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.4% |
| [Oxford 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028577) | 2,270 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.0% |
| [Oxford 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028517) | 1,352 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.5% |
| [Oxford 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028518) | 1,596 | 135.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.3% |
| [Oxford 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028519) | 1,742 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.9% |
| [Oxford 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028567) | 1,867 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.3% |
| [Oxford 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028520) | 1,697 | 117.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.4% |
| [Oxford 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028568) | 1,498 | 173.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.1% |
| [Oxford 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028569) | 1,607 | 95.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Oxford 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028570) | 2,109 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Oxford 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028532) | 2,957 | 80.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.5% |
| [Oxford 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028531) | 2,069 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.6% |
| [Oxford 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01035743) | 1,666 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| [Oxford 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01035744) | 1,486 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.8% |
| [Oxford 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028558) | 1,727 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| [Oxford 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/neighbourhood/e01028557) | 2,095 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 65.7% |
| [South Oxfordshire 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028657) | 1,204 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 67.0% |

## Your MP

- [Oxford East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oxford-east): Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 97% of the people here.
- [Didcot and Wantage](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/didcot-and-wantage): Olly Glover (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 2.3% of the people here.
- [Henley and Thame](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/henley-and-thame): Freddie van Mierlo (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.2% 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 OX4

[Blackbird Leys](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/blackbird-leys), [Cowley North](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/cowley-north), [Cowley South & Iffley](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/cowley-south-and-iffley), [East Central Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/east-central-oxford), [Greater Leys](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/greater-leys), [Iffley Fields](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/iffley-fields), [Littlemore & Rose Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford/littlemore-and-rose-hill)

## Postcode sectors in OX4

[OX4 1 (247 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4-1), [OX4 2 (235 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4-2), [OX4 3 (223 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4-3), [OX4 4 (293 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4-4), [OX4 6 (206 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4-6), [OX4 7 (136 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4-7), [OX4 9 (27 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in OX4

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

## Postcode districts next to OX4

[OX1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox1), [OX3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3), [OX14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox14), [OX33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox33), [OX44](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox44)

## Nearest rail stations

[Radley (4.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.2405,51.6862), [Oxford (4.9 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)

## 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.
About 42% of people in OX4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In OX4, 84.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: OX4
- 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: 17.49 km²
- People, mid-2024: 69,227*
- Neighbourhoods: 37
- Output areas: 187

* 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

[OX1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox1), [OX44](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox44), [OX3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox3), [OX33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox33), [OX14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox14)

## Latest updates for OX4

- 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/OX4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox4