OX12 8DG

Wantage Charlton · Vale of White Horse · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX12 8FX 7 m
OX12 8DF 23 m
OX12 8FS 80 m
OX12 8GA 86 m
OX12 8DJ 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX12 8DG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 August 2015
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 8
Latitude
51.584767
Longitude
-1.426383
British National Grid easting
439,839
British National Grid northing
187,479

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
E00186009
Lower layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 015F · E01028757
Middle layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 015 · E02005992

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Wantage Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    95 m
  2. King Alfred's

    Academy converter

    290 m
  3. Huckleberry Therapeutic School

    Other independent special school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
794
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 346
  • Anti social behaviour 86
  • Public order 82
  • Other theft 70
  • Criminal damage and arson 60

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OX12 8 residents
6,126

Age bands in OX12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,096 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

643 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

1,660 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

1,765 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

1,281 residents

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHURCH STREET PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84033

    1.6 km

  • NEWBURY STREET PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84019

    1.6 km

Nearby transport

  • King Alfreds School

    BCT · Wantage

    0.2 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Wantage

    0.3 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Wantage

    0.3 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Wantage

    0.3 miles
  • Seesen Way

    BCT · Wantage

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Vale of White Horse 015F, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,483 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wantage Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 95 m.

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

Recorded crime

794 published events cover 12 months, averaging 66.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 346 events.

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