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OX2 8JT

Kidlington East · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Oxford
Ward
Kidlington East
Local authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock
Postcode district
OX2
Postcode sector
OX2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX2 8GD 490 m
OX2 8GP 588 m
OX2 8JR 619 m
OX2 8GQ 702 m
OX2 8NX 710 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX2 8JT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX2
Postcode sector
OX2 8
Latitude
51.792613
Longitude
-1.293835
British National Grid easting
448,799
British National Grid northing
210,675

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Electoral ward
Kidlington East · E05010932
Parish or community
E04008047
Westminster constituency
Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area
E00145254
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 019C · E01028511
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 019 · E02005939

Postcode source versions

Explore OX2

Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Dukes Lock, Woodstock Road, Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8JT 16 September 2022 £350,000
Dukes Lock, Woodstock Road, Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8JT 3 November 2014 £275,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
14
Secondary
3

  1. Wolvercote Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  2. d'Overbroeck's

    Other independent school

    2.1 km

  3. William Fletcher Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
476
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 189
  • Criminal damage and arson 51
  • Public order 47
  • Shoplifting 45
  • Other theft 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.2
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 0.1% 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+
40%
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
40%
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

7

within 5 km

  • GOSFORD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    167 OXFORD ROAD, GOSFORD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2NS

    ODS code K84045

    2.7 km

  • BANBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    172 BANBURY ROAD, OXFORD, OX2 7BT

    ODS code K84021

    2.9 km

  • SUMMERTOWN HEALTH CENTRE

    160 BANBURY ROAD, SUMMERTOWN, OXFORD, OX2 7BS

    ODS code K84011

    2.9 km

  • THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EXETER CLOSE, OXFORD ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1AP

    ODS code K84082

    3.2 km

  • JERICHO HEALTH CENTRE

    WALTON STREET, OXFORD, OX2 6NW

    ODS code K84078

    4.1 km

  • OBSERVATORY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84026

    4.1 km

  • BEAUMONT ELMS PRACTICE

    19 BEAUMONT STREET, OXFORD, OX1 2NA

    ODS code K84016

    4.8 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

  • Oxford North A40

    BCT · Oxford

    0.4 miles

  • Peartree Park and Ride Entrance

    BCT · Peartree

    0.4 miles

  • Oxford North A40

    BCT · Oxford

    0.4 miles

  • Clifford Place

    BCT · Lower Wolvercote

    0.5 miles

  • Papermill Square

    BCT · Lower Wolvercote

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 019C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,598 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
1
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 £350,000 from 1 recorded sale in OX2 8JT. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cherwell is £353,632 in June 2026, up 3.8% year on year.

Schools

32 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Wolvercote 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

476 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 189 events.

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