OX12 9YB

Wantage & Grove Brook · 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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX12 9YD 77 m
OX12 9EU 120 m
OX12 9ES 141 m
OX12 9EX 144 m
OX12 9HF 152 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX12 9YB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 9
Latitude
51.595828
Longitude
-1.430286
British National Grid easting
439,559
British National Grid northing
188,707

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
E00146484
Lower layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 014F · E01028761
Middle layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 014 · E02005991

Postcode source versions

Explore OX12

54 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Highclere Gardens, Wantage, OX12 9YB 2 June 2026 £340,000
30, Highclere Gardens, Wantage, OX12 9YB 19 December 2025 £380,000
24, Highclere Gardens, Wantage, OX12 9YB 6 November 2025 £385,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Fitzwaryn School

    Academy special converter

    82 m
  2. Stockham Primary School

    Community school

    519 m
  3. King Alfred's

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,119
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 502
  • Anti social behaviour 130
  • Public order 111
  • Other theft 81
  • Criminal damage and arson 74

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
76

40 female, 36 male

Postcode households
36
Residents per household
2.1
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

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX12 9 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • CHURCH STREET PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84033

    452 m

  • NEWBURY STREET PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84019

    452 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Whittington Crescent

    BCT · Wantage

    0.1 miles
  • Fitzwaryn School

    BCT · Wantage

    0.1 miles
  • Fitzwaryn School

    BCT · Wantage

    0.1 miles
  • Whittington Crescent

    BCT · Wantage

    0.2 miles
  • Health Centre

    BCT · Wantage

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Vale of White Horse 014F, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,828 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

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 £354,000 from 9 recorded sales in OX12 9YB. 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

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Fitzwaryn School is the nearest published school at 82 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,119 published events cover 12 months, averaging 93.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 502 events.

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