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OX16 4AB

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown
Local authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury
Postcode district
OX16
Postcode sector
OX16 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX16 4RY 14 m
OX16 4RZ 46 m
OX16 4AJ 104 m
OX16 4TH 124 m
OX16 4XR 214 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX16 4AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX16
Postcode sector
OX16 4
Latitude
52.058868
Longitude
-1.316952
British National Grid easting
446,927
British National Grid northing
240,273

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Electoral ward
Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown · E05010922
Parish or community
E04013353
Westminster constituency
Banbury · E14001072
Output area
E00169008
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 004G · E01032941
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 004 · E02005924

Postcode source versions

Explore OX16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
20
Secondary
6

  1. Dashwood Banbury Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    508 m

  2. St Leonard's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    608 m

  3. St John's Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,142
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 888
  • Shoplifting 235
  • Public order 227
  • Anti social behaviour 194
  • Criminal damage and arson 161

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OX16 4 residents
3,944

Age bands in OX16 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

635 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

348 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.6%

1,298 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.1%

743 residents

Age 65 and over
10.2%

343 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

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • WOODLANDS SURGERY

    4 BURCHESTER PLACE, BANBURY, OX16 3WT

    ODS code K84062

    946 m

  • HIGHTOWN SURGERY

    HIGHTOWN GARDENS, BANBURY, OX16 9DB

    ODS code K84059

    1.6 km

  • BANBURY CROSS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84028

    1.6 km

  • WINDRUSH SURGERY

    21 WEST BAR STREET, BANBURY, OX16 9SA

    ODS code K84024

    1.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Chalker Way North

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.3 miles

  • Edward Street

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.3 miles

  • Howard Road

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.4 miles

  • Chalker Way South

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.4 miles

  • Merton Street Mosque

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 004G, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,093 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 6 secondary schools. Dashwood Banbury Academy is the nearest published school at 508 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,142 published events cover 12 months, averaging 178.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 888 events.

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