OX1 5BQ

Botley & Sunningwell · Vale of White Horse · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Oxford
Local authority
Vale of White Horse
Postcode district
OX1
Postcode sector
OX1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX1 5BU 209 m
OX1 5BE 311 m
OX1 5BN 330 m
OX1 5BH 419 m
OX1 5BL 504 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX1 5BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX1
Postcode sector
OX1 5
Latitude
51.721988
Longitude
-1.270701
British National Grid easting
450,473
British National Grid northing
202,836

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Vale of White Horse · E07000180
Parish or community
E04013296
Westminster constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon · E14001420
Output area
E00146360
Lower layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 002A · E01028733
Middle layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 002 · E02005979

Postcode source versions

Explore OX1

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Woodend, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BQ 4 December 2023 £788,000
Upway, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BQ 14 October 2022 £1,375,000
Thickets, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, OX1 5BQ 29 March 2021 £1,000,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
55
Primary
30
Secondary
6
  1. Chandlings Prep

    Other independent school

    1.6 km
  2. St Swithun's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km
  3. New Hinksey Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
104
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 26
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Vehicle crime 13
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Public order 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
29

15 female, 14 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.6
OX1 5 residents
6,108

Age bands in OX1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

935 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

552 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.4%

1,344 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

1,699 residents

Age 65 and over
24.6%

1,477 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX1 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

13

within 5 km

  • LUTHER STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LUTHER STREET, OXFORD, OX1 1UL

    ODS code K84066

    3.0 km

  • DONNINGTON MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    DONNINGTON HEALTH CENTRE, 1 HENLEY AVENUE, OXFORD, OX4 4DH

    ODS code K84004

    3.0 km

  • ST. CLEMENT'S SURGERY

    39 TEMPLE STREET, OXFORD, OX4 1JS

    ODS code K84060

    3.6 km

  • KES@NORTHGATE

    NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE, 15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF

    ODS code K84605

    3.6 km

  • NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF

    ODS code K84080

    3.6 km

  • BEAUMONT ELMS PRACTICE

    19 BEAUMONT STREET, OXFORD, OX1 2NA

    ODS code K84016

    3.7 km

  • LONG FURLONG MEDICAL CENTRE

    45 LOYD CLOSE, ABINGDON, OX14 1XR

    ODS code K84079

    3.8 km

  • BARTLEMAS SURGERY

    THE EAST OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE, 1 MANZIL WAY, OXFORD, OX4 1XD

    ODS code K84032

    3.9 km

  • COWLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE EAST OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE, MANZIL WAY, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 1XD

    ODS code K84063

    3.9 km

  • ST BARTHOLOMEWS & HOLLOW WAY MED CENTRE

    MANZIL WAY, COWLEY ROAD, OXFORD, OX4 1XB

    ODS code K84013

    3.9 km

  • TEMPLE COWLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    TEMPLE ROAD, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 2HL

    ODS code K84007

    4.3 km

  • JERICHO HEALTH CENTRE

    WALTON STREET, OXFORD, OX2 6NW

    ODS code K84078

    4.3 km

  • OBSERVATORY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    JERICHO HEALTH CENTRE, WALTON STREET, OXFORD, OX2 6NW

    ODS code K84026

    4.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hinksey Hill Top

    BCT · Bagley Wood

    0.1 miles
  • Hinksey Hill Top

    BCT · Bagley Wood

    0.1 miles
  • Hinksey Hill Top

    BCT · Bagley Wood

    0.1 miles
  • Hinksey Hill Bottom

    BCT · Bagley Wood

    0.4 miles
  • Hinksey Hill Bottom

    BCT · Bagley Wood

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Vale of White Horse 002A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,625 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £1,081,500 from 2 recorded sales in OX1 5BQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Vale of White Horse is £414,441 in June 2026, up 6.3% year on year.

Schools

55 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 6 secondary schools. Chandlings Prep is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

104 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 26 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.