OX12 8LZ

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 8LY 94 m
OX12 8LX 624 m
OX12 8NG 967 m
OX12 8LT 1.0 km
OX12 8NF 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX12 8LZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 8
Latitude
51.558842
Longitude
-1.418616
British National Grid easting
440,400
British National Grid northing
184,600

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
E00146460
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
8
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Wantage Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.9 km
  2. King Alfred's

    Academy converter

    3.2 km
  3. Huckleberry Therapeutic School

    Other independent special school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

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

    4.5 km

  • NEWBURY STREET PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84019

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Ridgeway Path

    BCT · Wantage

    0.9 miles
  • Ridgeway Path

    BCT · Wantage

    0.9 miles
  • Larkdown HAR

    BCT · Wantage

    1.9 miles
  • Larkdown HAR

    BCT · Wantage

    1.9 miles
  • King Alfreds School

    BCT · Wantage

    2.0 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wantage Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 2 events.

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