Property market
The five-year median is £285,000 from 4,744 recorded sales in OX16. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Cherwell is £353,632 in June 2026, up 3.8% year on year.
OX16
UK postcode district
Part of Banbury
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,683
- Current units
- 1,366
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East Midlands, South East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 1,317
Postcode sectors in OX16
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
30,628 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 103, Broughton Road, Banbury, OX16 9QH | 23 July 2026 | £805,000 |
| 8, Denchfield Road, Banbury, OX16 9EB | 22 July 2026 | £320,000 |
| 9, Nuffield Drive, Banbury, OX16 1BS | 22 July 2026 | £315,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 4
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 5,499
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,398
- Anti social behaviour 525
- Public order 524
- Shoplifting 493
- Criminal damage and arson 437
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OX16 usual residents
- 52,329
- Age-profile population
- 52,545
Age bands in OX16
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.3%
- 9,615 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- 5,844 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 31%
- 16,274 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.5%
- 12,862 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 15.1%
- 7,950 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,286 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 1,241 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,007 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
BANBURY CROSS HEALTH CENTRE
SOUTH BAR HOUSE, 6 OXFORD ROAD, BANBURY, OX16 9AD
ODS code K84028
HIGHTOWN SURGERY
HIGHTOWN GARDENS, BANBURY, OX16 9DB
ODS code K84059
WINDRUSH SURGERY
21 WEST BAR STREET, BANBURY, OX16 9SA
ODS code K84024
WOODLANDS SURGERY
4 BURCHESTER PLACE, BANBURY, OX16 3WT
ODS code K84062
Evidence in context
Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 4 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,499 published events cover 12 months, averaging 458 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,398 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.