OX12 8QS

Hendreds · Vale of White Horse · England

Updated September 2026

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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 8QT 103 m
OX12 8QR 243 m
OX12 8QP 990 m
OX12 8RU 1.2 km
OX12 8QU 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX12 8QS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 8
Latitude
51.576469
Longitude
-1.357003
British National Grid easting
444,654
British National Grid northing
186,596

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
E04008252
Westminster constituency
Didcot and Wantage · E14001197
Output area
E00146346
Lower layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 015E · E01028730
Middle layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 015 · E02005992

Postcode source versions

Explore OX12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
0
  1. St Amand's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km
  2. The Hendreds Church of England School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  3. Chilton County Primary School

    Community school

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
1.7
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX12 8 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+
85.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
85.7%
Gigabit-capable
85.7%
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

  • Church Street

    BCT · Ardington

    1.4 miles
  • Church Street

    BCT · Ardington

    1.4 miles
  • School Road

    BCT · Ardington

    1.5 miles
  • School Road

    BCT · Ardington

    1.5 miles
  • The Hare

    BCT · West Hendred

    1.6 miles

Relative deprivation

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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,748 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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
0
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

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Amand's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 3 events.

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