OX12 7DA

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 7BY 68 m
OX12 7DB 73 m
OX12 7DR 104 m
OX12 7BT 129 m
OX12 7DE 135 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX12 7DA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 7
Latitude
51.594259
Longitude
-1.422048
British National Grid easting
440,131
British National Grid northing
188,537

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
E00146464
Lower layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 014C · E01028758
Middle layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 014 · E02005991

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Harcourt Way, Wantage, OX12 7DA 28 February 2025 £287,500
3, Harcourt Way, Wantage, OX12 7DA 30 October 2023 £340,000
1, Harcourt Way, Wantage, OX12 7DA 30 September 2021 £330,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Fitzwaryn School

    Academy special converter

    666 m
  2. Charlton Primary School

    Academy converter

    734 m
  3. Huckleberry Therapeutic School

    Other independent special school

    767 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,087
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 482
  • Anti social behaviour 126
  • Public order 105
  • Other theft 80
  • Criminal damage and arson 73

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

9 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.1
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 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX12 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

NHS ODS

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • CHURCH STREET PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84033

    570 m

  • NEWBURY STREET PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84019

    570 m

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

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

Nearby transport

  • Harcourt Way

    BCT · Wantage

    0.0 miles
  • Harcourt Way

    BCT · Wantage

    0.0 miles
  • Upthorpe Drive

    BCT · Charlton

    0.1 miles
  • Upthorpe Drive

    BCT · Charlton

    0.1 miles
  • Humber Close

    BCT · Wantage

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,951 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £330,000 from 4 recorded sales in OX12 7DA. 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

Published establishments

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Fitzwaryn School is the nearest published school at 666 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

1,087 published events cover 12 months, averaging 90.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 482 events.

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