OX16 5AW

Banbury Cross and Neithrop · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury
Postcode district
OX16
Postcode sector
OX16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX16 5HB 20 m
OX16 5HA 30 m
OX16 5JN 42 m
OX16 5JW 49 m
OX16 5HD 60 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX16 5AW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX16
Postcode sector
OX16 5
Latitude
52.058019
Longitude
-1.338245
British National Grid easting
445,468
British National Grid northing
240,165

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
E00144899
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 004A · E01028435
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
5
  1. St John's Priory School

    Other independent school

    133 m
  2. English Language Training

    Miscellaneous

    227 m
  3. Harriers Banbury Academy

    Academy converter

    319 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,458
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,478
  • Public order 357
  • Shoplifting 320
  • Anti social behaviour 294
  • Criminal damage and arson 282

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OX16 5 residents
2,896

Age bands in OX16 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.7%

392 residents

Age 15 to 24
13%

436 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.9%

1,306 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.7%

760 residents

Age 65 and over
13.7%

461 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+
88.9%
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

  • BANBURY CROSS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84028

    179 m

  • WINDRUSH SURGERY

    21 WEST BAR STREET, BANBURY, OX16 9SA

    ODS code K84024

    359 m

  • HIGHTOWN SURGERY

    HIGHTOWN GARDENS, BANBURY, OX16 9DB

    ODS code K84059

    764 m

  • WOODLANDS SURGERY

    4 BURCHESTER PLACE, BANBURY, OX16 3WT

    ODS code K84062

    1.6 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

  • Dashwood Road

    BCT · Banbury

    0.1 miles
  • Dashwood Road

    BCT · Banbury

    0.1 miles
  • Calthorpe Street

    BCT · Banbury Town Centre

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Banbury Town Centre

    0.2 miles
  • Horse Fair

    BCT · Banbury Town Centre

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 004A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,694 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
4 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 5 secondary schools. St John's Priory School is the nearest published school at 133 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,458 published events cover 12 months, averaging 288.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,478 events.

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