OX12 7AA

Wantage Charlton · Vale of White Horse · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wantage
Local authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX12 7AG 54 m
OX12 7BX 62 m
OX12 7BB 76 m
OX12 7AB 82 m
OX12 8BD 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX12 7AA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 7
Latitude
51.589626
Longitude
-1.425181
British National Grid easting
439,918
British National Grid northing
188,020

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Vale of White Horse · E07000180
Parish or community
E04012874
Westminster constituency
Didcot and Wantage · E14001197
Output area
E00173204
Lower layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 014G · E01035757
Middle layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 014 · E02005991

Postcode source versions

Explore OX12

31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
28, Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AA 22 July 2026 £350,000
28a, Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AA 17 October 2025 £295,000
32, Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AA 21 August 2025 £346,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. King Alfred's

    Academy converter

    451 m
  2. Wantage Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    575 m
  3. Fitzwaryn School

    Academy special converter

    794 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
859
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 372
  • Anti social behaviour 100
  • Public order 89
  • Other theft 71
  • Criminal damage and arson 62

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

14 female, 10 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.7
OX12 7 residents
6,264

Age bands in OX12 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,093 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

560 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.3%

1,552 residents

Age 45 to 64
24%

1,469 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

1,450 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX12 7 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+
86.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
86.4%
Gigabit-capable
86.4%
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

2

within 5 km

  • CHURCH STREET PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, MABLY WAY, GROVE, WANTAGE, OX12 9BN

    ODS code K84033

    1.0 km

  • NEWBURY STREET PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, MABLY WAY, WANTAGE, OX12 9BN

    ODS code K84019

    1.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Market Place

    BCT · Wantage

    0.1 miles
  • Sainsbury's

    BCT · Wantage

    0.1 miles
  • Seesen Way

    BCT · Wantage

    0.1 miles
  • Seesen Way

    BCT · Wantage

    0.1 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Wantage

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Vale of White Horse 014G, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,777 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
5 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
2
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
3
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 £350,000 from 7 recorded sales in OX12 7AA. 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. King Alfred's is the nearest published school at 451 m.

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

Recorded crime

859 published events cover 12 months, averaging 71.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 372 events.

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