OX17 2DH

Rural South Northamptonshire · West Northamptonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Rural South Northamptonshire
Local authority: West Northamptonshire
Constituency: South Northamptonshire
Postcode district: OX17
Postcode sector: OX17 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
OX17 2DJ	382 m
OX17 2DL	841 m
OX17 2EH	979 m
OX17 2DW	996 m
OX17 2HB	999 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: OX17 2DH
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: OX
Postcode district: OX17
Postcode sector: OX17 2
Latitude: 52.080603
Longitude: -1.180631
British National Grid easting: 456,246
British National Grid northing: 242,787

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district: West Northamptonshire · E06000062
Electoral ward: Rural South Northamptonshire · E05016005
Parish or community: E04006828
Westminster constituency: South Northamptonshire · E14001490
Output area: E00138866
Lower layer super output area: West Northamptonshire 052C · E01027296
Middle layer super output area: West Northamptonshire 052 · E02005691

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore OX17

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 5
Primary: 5
Secondary: 0

Greatworth Primary School

Community school
1.1 km
Helmdon Primary School

Community school
2.5 km
Farthinghoe Primary School

Academy converter
4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 14
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 8
Anti social behaviour 5
Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 5
Postcode households: 4
Residents per household: 1.3
OX17 2 residents: 7,134

Age bands in OX17 2

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 15.8%
Age 15 to 24: 10.3%
Age 25 to 44: 19.4%
Age 45 to 64: 30.8%
Age 65 and over: 23.7%

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.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+: 88.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 88.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 88.5%
Gigabit-capable: 88.5%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 88.5%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

The Square

BCT · Greatworth
0.7 miles
Demand Responsive Area

BCT · Greatworth
0.7 miles
The Square

BCT · Greatworth
0.7 miles
Lower Farm Cottages

BCT · Halse
1.4 miles
Demand Responsive Area

BCT · Halse
1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Northamptonshire 052C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,461 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 3 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: 1
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Greatworth Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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