OX16 4SP

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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX16 4UT 64 m
OX16 4XR 94 m
OX16 4TA 102 m
OX16 4XS 108 m
OX16 4SW 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX16 4SP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX16
Postcode sector
OX16 4
Latitude
52.061558
Longitude
-1.317188
British National Grid easting
446,908
British National Grid northing
240,572

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
E00169008
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 004G · E01032941
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 004 · E02005924

Postcode source versions

Explore OX16

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Milner House, Thorpe Way, Banbury, OX16 4SP 24 October 2025 £360,000
Milner House, Thorpe Way, Banbury, OX16 4SP 27 May 2025 £450,000
Milner House, Thorpe Way, Banbury, OX16 4SP 29 October 2024 £310,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. St Leonard's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    323 m
  2. Dashwood Banbury Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    391 m
  3. St John's Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,117
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 905
  • Public order 232
  • Anti social behaviour 198
  • Shoplifting 182
  • Criminal damage and arson 159

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+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
75%
Gigabit-capable
75%
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

    653 m

  • BANBURY CROSS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84028

    1.7 km

  • HIGHTOWN SURGERY

    HIGHTOWN GARDENS, BANBURY, OX16 9DB

    ODS code K84059

    1.8 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Edward Street

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.2 miles
  • Howard Road

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.2 miles
  • Chalker Way North

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.3 miles
  • Ermont Way

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.3 miles
  • Avenue Road

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.3 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
1
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
14
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 £405,000 from 4 recorded sales in OX16 4SP. 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. St Leonard's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 323 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,117 published events cover 12 months, averaging 176.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 905 events.

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