OX9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Thame, in South 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 OX9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In OX9, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How OX9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is OX9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX9 at a rate of 53.6 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 100 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (311), other crime (175) and shoplifting (103).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX9 was 44.7 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 OX9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX9 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in OX9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Oxfordshire 001A | 1,467 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.0% |
| South Oxfordshire 001B | 1,310 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| South Oxfordshire 001C | 1,278 | 14.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.0% |
| South Oxfordshire 001D | 1,325 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| South Oxfordshire 003A | 1,481 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| South Oxfordshire 003B | 1,630 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.1% |
| South Oxfordshire 003C | 2,767 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.3% |
| South Oxfordshire 003D | 2,010 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| South Oxfordshire 004B | 1,598 | 113.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.8% |
| South Oxfordshire 005A | 2,524 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.6% |
MPs for OX9
- Freddie van MierloLiberal DemocratMP for Henley and Thame98% of OX9’s postcodes
- Greg SmithConservativeMP for Mid Buckinghamshire1.8% of OX9’s postcodes
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 OX92
Postcode sectors in OX94
Council1
Towns in OX91
Postcode districts next to OX98
More in the OX postcode area2
OX9 in brief
OX9 is a postcode district covering Thame, in South Oxfordshire.
About 16,203 people lived in OX9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £460,000 in 2025 across 277 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX9 was £460,000 in 2025.
OX9 had 15,900 usual residents at the census.
In OX9, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In OX9, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.