OX12 8GS

Hendreds · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX12 8GF 97 m
OX12 8JE 146 m
OX12 8JG 169 m
OX12 8JD 199 m
OX12 8LQ 238 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX12 8GS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 8
Latitude
51.600476
Longitude
-1.334357
British National Grid easting
446,199
British National Grid northing
189,280

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Vale of White Horse · E07000180
Electoral ward
Hendreds · E05012975
Parish or community
E04012128
Westminster constituency
Didcot and Wantage · E14001197
Output area
E00146337
Lower layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 010B · E01028731
Middle layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 010 · E02005987

Postcode source versions

Explore OX12

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Mather Close, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8GS 24 July 2025 £410,000
7, Mather Close, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8GS 22 November 2024 £425,000
4, Mather Close, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8GS 12 November 2024 £415,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. The Hendreds Church of England School

    Academy converter

    842 m
  2. St Amand's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    900 m
  3. St Michael's CofE Primary School, Steventon Village

    Academy converter

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
61
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 36
  • Public order 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Other crime 2

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.

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.

Nearby transport

  • Coulings Close

    BCT · East Hendred

    0.1 miles
  • Portway Close

    BCT · East Hendred

    0.1 miles
  • Coulings Close

    BCT · East Hendred

    0.1 miles
  • Portway Close

    BCT · East Hendred

    0.2 miles
  • The Plough

    BCT · East Hendred

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Vale of White Horse 010B, 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

20,968 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £412,500 from 8 recorded sales in OX12 8GS. 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 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. The Hendreds Church of England School is the nearest published school at 842 m.

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

Recorded crime

61 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 36 events.

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