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OX2 8FH

Wolvercote · Oxford · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Oxford
Ward
Wolvercote
Local authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon
Postcode district
OX2
Postcode sector
OX2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX2 8DE 66 m
OX2 8AZ 82 m
OX2 8BE 85 m
OX2 8BB 95 m
OX2 8AX 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX2 8FH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2014
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX2
Postcode sector
OX2 8
Latitude
51.782596
Longitude
-1.281916
British National Grid easting
449,632
British National Grid northing
209,569

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Oxford · E07000178
Electoral ward
Wolvercote · E05013119
Parish or community
E43000128
Westminster constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon · E14001420
Output area
E00145675
Lower layer super output area
Oxford 001B · E01028595
Middle layer super output area
Oxford 001 · E02005940

Postcode source versions

Explore OX2

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Meadow Court, 1, Ulfgar Road, Oxford, OX2 8FH 24 March 2026 £576,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
20
Secondary
4

  1. Wolvercote Primary School

    Academy converter

    261 m

  2. d'Overbroeck's

    Other independent school

    967 m

  3. Northern House Academy

    Academy special converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,005
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 326
  • Other theft 120
  • Public order 93
  • Criminal damage and arson 91
  • Anti social behaviour 88

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

4 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.0
OX2 8 residents
6,139

Age bands in OX2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,010 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

602 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.8%

1,352 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,673 residents

Age 65 and over
21.9%

1,302 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX2 8 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+
61.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
61.5%
Gigabit-capable
61.5%
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

11

within 5 km

  • BANBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    172 BANBURY ROAD, OXFORD, OX2 7BT

    ODS code K84021

    1.5 km

  • SUMMERTOWN HEALTH CENTRE

    160 BANBURY ROAD, SUMMERTOWN, OXFORD, OX2 7BS

    ODS code K84011

    1.6 km

  • JERICHO HEALTH CENTRE

    WALTON STREET, OXFORD, OX2 6NW

    ODS code K84078

    2.7 km

  • OBSERVATORY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    JERICHO HEALTH CENTRE, WALTON STREET, OXFORD, OX2 6NW

    ODS code K84026

    2.7 km

  • BEAUMONT ELMS PRACTICE

    19 BEAUMONT STREET, OXFORD, OX1 2NA

    ODS code K84016

    3.4 km

  • GOSFORD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    167 OXFORD ROAD, GOSFORD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2NS

    ODS code K84045

    3.7 km

  • KES@NORTHGATE

    NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE, 15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF

    ODS code K84605

    3.7 km

  • NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF

    ODS code K84080

    3.7 km

  • LUTHER STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LUTHER STREET, OXFORD, OX1 1UL

    ODS code K84066

    4.2 km

  • THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EXETER CLOSE, OXFORD ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1AP

    ODS code K84082

    4.4 km

  • ST. CLEMENT'S SURGERY

    39 TEMPLE STREET, OXFORD, OX4 1JS

    ODS code K84060

    4.7 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

  • The Plough

    BCT · Upper Wolvercote

    0.1 miles

  • St Peters Road

    BCT · Upper Wolvercote

    0.1 miles

  • Wolvercote School

    BCT · Upper Wolvercote

    0.2 miles

  • Wolvercote School

    BCT · Upper Wolvercote

    0.2 miles

  • Goose Green Close

    BCT · Upper Wolvercote

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oxford 001B, 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

23,928 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
7 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 £576,000 from 1 recorded sale in OX2 8FH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Oxford is £466,815 in June 2026, down 0.9% year on year.

Schools

46 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. Wolvercote Primary School is the nearest published school at 261 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,005 published events cover 12 months, averaging 83.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 326 events.

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