OX17 2BW

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
OX17
Postcode sector
OX17 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX17 2BN 281 m
OX17 2AA 405 m
OX17 2AE 441 m
OX17 2AB 492 m
OX17 2BL 505 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX17 2BW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX17
Postcode sector
OX17 2
Latitude
52.067206
Longitude
-1.302207
British National Grid easting
447,929
British National Grid northing
241,210

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 OX17

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rose Cottage, Nethercote, Banbury, OX17 2BW 2 April 1996 £85,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
18
Secondary
5
  1. St Leonard's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km
  2. Dashwood Banbury Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km
  3. Middleton Cheney Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
421
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 165
  • Other theft 43
  • Public order 39
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Criminal damage and arson 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.0
OX17 2 residents
7,134

Age bands in OX17 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,122 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

731 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

1,382 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.8%

2,193 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

1,684 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX17 2 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+
0%
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 straight-line

  • WOODLANDS SURGERY

    4 BURCHESTER PLACE, BANBURY, OX16 3WT

    ODS code K84062

    1.2 km

  • BANBURY CROSS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84028

    2.9 km

  • HIGHTOWN SURGERY

    HIGHTOWN GARDENS, BANBURY, OX16 9DB

    ODS code K84059

    2.9 km

  • WINDRUSH SURGERY

    21 WEST BAR STREET, BANBURY, OX16 9SA

    ODS code K84024

    3.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Overthorpe

    0.3 miles
  • Side Road

    BCT · Overthorpe

    0.3 miles
  • Side Road

    BCT · Overthorpe

    0.3 miles
  • Ermont Way

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.5 miles
  • Ermont Way

    BCT · Grimsbury

    0.5 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.

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

26 open schools are in scope, including 18 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

421 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 165 events.

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