OX12 8RP

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 8RX 77 m
OX12 8RR 154 m
OX12 8RN 180 m
OX12 8RW 185 m
OX12 8RL 225 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX12 8RP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 8
Latitude
51.593370
Longitude
-1.353257
British National Grid easting
444,897
British National Grid northing
188,478

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

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Tyneham, Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RP 12 January 2026 £785,000
College Farm House, Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RP 15 August 2025 £1,230,000
The Watermeadow, Ginge Road, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RP 14 August 2023 £1,455,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
0
  1. The Hendreds Church of England School

    Academy converter

    756 m
  2. St Amand's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km
  3. Wantage Primary Academy

    Free schools

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
62
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
33

15 female, 18 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.5% 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+
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

  • The Hare

    BCT · West Hendred

    0.4 miles
  • The Hare

    BCT · West Hendred

    0.4 miles
  • The Plough

    BCT · East Hendred

    0.7 miles
  • The Plough

    BCT · East Hendred

    0.7 miles
  • Portway Close

    BCT · East Hendred

    0.8 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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,230,000 from 3 recorded sales in OX12 8RP. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools. The Hendreds Church of England School is the nearest published school at 756 m.

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

Recorded crime

62 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.167 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.