OX16 5BG

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX16 5AU 24 m
OX16 5TE 64 m
OX16 9BZ 102 m
OX16 9BY 125 m
OX16 9XZ 155 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX16 5BG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX16
Postcode sector
OX16 5
Latitude
52.057043
Longitude
-1.329392
British National Grid easting
446,076
British National Grid northing
240,062

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
E00169009
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 004H · E01032942
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 004 · E02005924

Postcode source versions

Explore OX16

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Canalside House, Flat 11, Tramway Road, Banbury, OX16 5BG 16 March 2018 £164,000
Canalside House, Flat 7, Tramway Road, Banbury, OX16 5BG 3 June 2016 £220,000
Canalside House, Flat 10, Tramway Road, Banbury, OX16 5BG 31 March 2016 £170,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
19
Secondary
6
  1. Dashwood Banbury Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    675 m
  2. English Language Training

    Miscellaneous

    684 m
  3. St John's Priory School

    Other independent school

    723 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,039
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,264
  • Public order 316
  • Shoplifting 312
  • Anti social behaviour 266
  • Criminal damage and arson 236

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

12 female, 9 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.8
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

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX16 5 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

  • BANBURY CROSS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84028

    775 m

  • HIGHTOWN SURGERY

    HIGHTOWN GARDENS, BANBURY, OX16 9DB

    ODS code K84059

    808 m

  • WINDRUSH SURGERY

    21 WEST BAR STREET, BANBURY, OX16 9SA

    ODS code K84024

    975 m

  • WOODLANDS SURGERY

    4 BURCHESTER PLACE, BANBURY, OX16 3WT

    ODS code K84062

    1.3 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

  • Samuelson House

    BCT · Banbury

    0.0 miles
  • Samuelson House

    BCT · Banbury

    0.0 miles
  • Newbold Close

    BCT · Cherwell Heights

    0.1 miles
  • Western Crescent

    BCT · Calthorpe

    0.1 miles
  • Western Crescent

    BCT · Calthorpe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 004H, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,967 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 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.

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
8
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 19 primary and 6 secondary schools. Dashwood Banbury Academy is the nearest published school at 675 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,039 published events cover 12 months, averaging 253.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,264 events.

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