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OX12 9BP

Ridgeway · Vale of White Horse · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wantage
Ward
Ridgeway
Local authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX12 9WP 146 m
OX12 9WL 162 m
OX12 9WJ 221 m
OX12 9ZD 265 m
OX12 9WN 275 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX12 9BP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 9
Latitude
51.597959
Longitude
-1.439571
British National Grid easting
438,914
British National Grid northing
188,939

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Vale of White Horse · E07000180
Electoral ward
Ridgeway · E05009769
Parish or community
E04012127
Westminster constituency
Didcot and Wantage · E14001197
Output area
E00146282
Lower layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 016G · E01028720
Middle layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 016 · E02006886

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Property

At this postcode

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Crown Cork & Seal Co Inc, Downsview Road, Wantage, OX12 9BP 31 October 2016 £5,000,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
1

  1. Stockham Primary School

    Community school

    613 m

  2. Fitzwaryn School

    Academy special converter

    622 m

  3. St Johns CofE Academy

    Free schools

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
943
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 432
  • Anti social behaviour 112
  • Public order 90
  • Other theft 64
  • 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 9 residents
9,593

Age bands in OX12 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

1,691 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

887 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

2,427 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

2,712 residents

Age 65 and over
21.8%

2,153 residents

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • CHURCH STREET PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84033

    956 m

  • NEWBURY STREET PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84019

    956 m

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Whittington Crescent

    BCT · Wantage

    0.3 miles

  • Grove Airfield Memorial

    BCT · Grove

    0.3 miles

  • Whittington Crescent

    BCT · Wantage

    0.4 miles

  • Stockham Primary School

    BCT · Wantage

    0.4 miles

  • Stockham Primary School

    BCT · Wantage

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Vale of White Horse 016G, 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

21,700 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Stockham Primary School is the nearest published school at 613 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

943 published events cover 12 months, averaging 78.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 432 events.

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