OX16 1ET

Banbury Hardwick · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Banbury
Local authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury
Postcode district
OX16
Postcode sector
OX16 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX16 1EJ 36 m
OX16 1EY 50 m
OX16 1EQ 93 m
OX16 1EP 116 m
OX16 1EL 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX16 1ET
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX16
Postcode sector
OX16 1
Latitude
52.080492
Longitude
-1.343939
British National Grid easting
445,055
British National Grid northing
242,661

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Parish or community
E04013353
Westminster constituency
Banbury · E14001072
Output area
E00169021
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 002A · E01028441
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 002 · E02005922

Postcode source versions

Explore OX16

38 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18, Sir Henry Jake Close, Banbury, OX16 1ET 17 October 2025 £160,000
28, Sir Henry Jake Close, Banbury, OX16 1ET 10 October 2025 £340,000
38, Sir Henry Jake Close, Banbury, OX16 1ET 19 September 2024 £308,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
21
Secondary
4
  1. Hanwell Fields Community School

    Academy converter

    298 m
  2. Cherry Fields Primary School

    Free schools

    794 m
  3. Hardwick Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,122
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 445
  • Shoplifting 174
  • Anti social behaviour 100
  • Public order 93
  • Criminal damage and arson 92

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
71

32 female, 39 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
3.2
OX16 1 residents
12,184

Age bands in OX16 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.6%

2,642 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,415 residents

Age 25 to 44
32.8%

4,198 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.4%

3,120 residents

Age 65 and over
11.1%

1,423 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX16 1 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

5

within 5 km

  • WOODLANDS SURGERY

    4 BURCHESTER PLACE, BANBURY, OX16 3WT

    ODS code K84062

    2.2 km

  • WINDRUSH SURGERY

    21 WEST BAR STREET, BANBURY, OX16 9SA

    ODS code K84024

    2.4 km

  • BANBURY CROSS HEALTH CENTRE

    SOUTH BAR HOUSE, 6 OXFORD ROAD, BANBURY, OX16 9AD

    ODS code K84028

    2.6 km

  • HIGHTOWN SURGERY

    HIGHTOWN GARDENS, BANBURY, OX16 9DB

    ODS code K84059

    3.3 km

  • CROPREDY SURGERY

    CLAYDON ROAD, CROPREDY, BANBURY, OX17 1FB

    ODS code K84056

    4.4 km

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

  • Lapsley Drive

    BCT · Hanwell Fields

    0.1 miles
  • Lapsley Drive

    BCT · Hanwell Fields

    0.1 miles
  • Dukes Meadow Drive

    BCT · Banbury

    0.2 miles
  • Plover Way

    BCT · Banbury

    0.3 miles
  • Dukes Meadow Drive

    BCT · Banbury

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 002A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,550 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 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 £304,100 from 5 recorded sales in OX16 1ET. 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.

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Hanwell Fields Community School is the nearest published school at 298 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,122 published events cover 12 months, averaging 93.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 445 events.

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