OX16 3ER

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX16 3AB 30 m
OX16 3UU 191 m
OX16 3JZ 195 m
OX16 3AD 205 m
OX16 3LU 307 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX16 3ER
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
1 September 2015
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX16
Postcode sector
OX16 3
Latitude
52.076036
Longitude
-1.319244
British National Grid easting
446,752
British National Grid northing
242,181

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
E00144902
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 004C · E01028437
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 004 · E02005924

Postcode source versions

Explore OX16

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Acorn House, Acorn Way, Banbury, OX16 3ER 28 July 2014 £17,500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. St Leonard's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km
  2. Cherry Fields Primary School

    Free schools

    1.5 km
  3. Dashwood Banbury Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
892
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 313
  • Shoplifting 126
  • Anti social behaviour 85
  • Public order 82
  • Other theft 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OX16 3 residents
4,738

Age bands in OX16 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

850 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.2%

614 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.8%

1,798 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

1,284 residents

Age 65 and over
9.6%

481 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.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • WOODLANDS SURGERY

    4 BURCHESTER PLACE, BANBURY, OX16 3WT

    ODS code K84062

    992 m

  • WINDRUSH SURGERY

    21 WEST BAR STREET, BANBURY, OX16 9SA

    ODS code K84024

    2.5 km

  • BANBURY CROSS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84028

    2.5 km

  • HIGHTOWN SURGERY

    HIGHTOWN GARDENS, BANBURY, OX16 9DB

    ODS code K84059

    3.0 km

  • CROPREDY SURGERY

    CLAYDON ROAD, CROPREDY, BANBURY, OX17 1FB

    ODS code K84056

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Gateway Retail Park

    BCT · Banbury

    0.0 miles
  • Norbar

    BCT · Banbury

    0.1 miles
  • Norbar

    BCT · Banbury

    0.1 miles
  • Kildare House

    BCT · Banbury

    0.2 miles
  • Kildare House

    BCT · Banbury

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 004C, 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

21,142 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Leonard's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

892 published events cover 12 months, averaging 74.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 313 events.

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