OX17 2FA

Rural South Northamptonshire · West Northamptonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Banbury
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Postcode district
OX17
Postcode sector
OX17 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX17 2EA 52 m
OX17 2EB 61 m
OX17 2DS 82 m
OX17 2DZ 135 m
OX17 2DY 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX17 2FA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2003
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX17
Postcode sector
OX17 2
Latitude
52.078507
Longitude
-1.198793
British National Grid easting
455,004
British National Grid northing
242,540

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
West Northamptonshire · E06000062
Parish or community
E04006828
Westminster constituency
South Northamptonshire · E14001490
Output area
E00138868
Lower layer super output area
West Northamptonshire 052C · E01027296
Middle layer super output area
West Northamptonshire 052 · E02005691

Postcode source versions

Explore OX17

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Hickman Close, Greatworth, Banbury, OX17 2FA 7 April 2026 £412,500
5, Hickman Close, Greatworth, Banbury, OX17 2FA 21 March 2025 £340,000
8, Hickman Close, Greatworth, Banbury, OX17 2FA 10 November 2023 £330,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Greatworth Primary School

    Community school

    217 m
  2. Farthinghoe Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.1 km
  3. Helmdon Primary School

    Community school

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 12
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Other theft 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

17 female, 13 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.7
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 0.4% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
33.3%
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.

Nearby transport

  • The Square

    BCT · Greatworth

    0.1 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Greatworth

    0.1 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Greatworth

    0.1 miles
  • Field View

    BCT · Marston St Lawrence

    0.8 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Marston St Lawrence

    0.8 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £412,500 from 5 recorded sales in OX17 2FA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Northamptonshire is £292,754 in June 2026, up 2.5% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Greatworth Primary School is the nearest published school at 217 m.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

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