OX16 2NL

Banbury Cross and Neithrop · 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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX16 2NH 89 m
OX16 2NJ 94 m
OX16 2NQ 98 m
OX16 2NZ 101 m
OX16 2QW 152 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX16 2NL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX16
Postcode sector
OX16 2
Latitude
52.069192
Longitude
-1.347446
British National Grid easting
444,826
British National Grid northing
241,402

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
E00144956
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 003B · E01028446
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 003 · E02005923

Postcode source versions

Explore OX16

32 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
89, Ruscote Avenue, Banbury, OX16 2NL 30 May 2025 £165,000
99, Ruscote Avenue, Banbury, OX16 2NL 1 March 2024 £300,000
85, Ruscote Avenue, Banbury, OX16 2NL 26 February 2024 £245,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. Hill View Primary School

    Academy converter

    470 m
  2. St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury

    Academy converter

    735 m
  3. Hardwick Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    800 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,688
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,601
  • Public order 388
  • Anti social behaviour 359
  • Criminal damage and arson 325
  • Shoplifting 280

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
52

29 female, 23 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
2.0
OX16 2 residents
3,631

Age bands in OX16 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

591 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

342 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.9%

1,216 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.7%

735 residents

Age 65 and over
14.9%

503 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX16 2 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

4

within 5 km

  • WINDRUSH SURGERY

    21 WEST BAR STREET, BANBURY, OX16 9SA

    ODS code K84024

    1.2 km

  • BANBURY CROSS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84028

    1.4 km

  • WOODLANDS SURGERY

    4 BURCHESTER PLACE, BANBURY, OX16 3WT

    ODS code K84062

    1.9 km

  • HIGHTOWN SURGERY

    HIGHTOWN GARDENS, BANBURY, OX16 9DB

    ODS code K84059

    2.1 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

  • Longelandes Way Shops

    BCT · Ruscote

    0.1 miles
  • Longelandes Way Shops

    BCT · Ruscote

    0.1 miles
  • Ruscote Avenue

    BCT · Ruscote

    0.2 miles
  • Ruscote Avenue

    BCT · Ruscote

    0.2 miles
  • Parklands

    BCT · Ruscote

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 003B, 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

15,604 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 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 £245,000 from 5 recorded sales in OX16 2NL. 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 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Hill View Primary School is the nearest published school at 470 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,688 published events cover 12 months, averaging 307.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,601 events.

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