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OX2 8PY

Botley & Sunningwell · Vale of White Horse · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Botley & Sunningwell
Local authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon
Postcode district
OX2
Postcode sector
OX2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX2 8QH 835 m
OX2 8QJ 901 m
OX2 8FP 928 m
OX2 8FW 943 m
OX2 8FT 955 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX2 8PY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX2
Postcode sector
OX2 8
Latitude
51.788852
Longitude
-1.306986
British National Grid easting
447,896
British National Grid northing
210,248

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Vale of White Horse · E07000180
Electoral ward
Botley & Sunningwell · E05015562
Parish or community
E04008255
Westminster constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon · E14001420
Output area
E00146401
Lower layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 002F · E01028742
Middle layer super output area
Vale of White Horse 002 · E02005979

Postcode source versions

Explore OX2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
15
Secondary
3

  1. Wolvercote Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

  2. William Fletcher Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

  3. St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Cassington

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
151
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 62
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Anti social behaviour 13
  • Public order 12
  • Other theft 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
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% 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+
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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • BANBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    172 BANBURY ROAD, OXFORD, OX2 7BT

    ODS code K84021

    3.4 km

  • SUMMERTOWN HEALTH CENTRE

    160 BANBURY ROAD, SUMMERTOWN, OXFORD, OX2 7BS

    ODS code K84011

    3.4 km

  • GOSFORD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    167 OXFORD ROAD, GOSFORD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2NS

    ODS code K84045

    3.5 km

  • THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EXETER CLOSE, OXFORD ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1AP

    ODS code K84082

    3.8 km

  • JERICHO HEALTH CENTRE

    WALTON STREET, OXFORD, OX2 6NW

    ODS code K84078

    4.3 km

  • OBSERVATORY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84026

    4.3 km

  • EYNSHAM MEDICAL GROUP

    EYNSHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, CONDUIT LANE, EYNSHAM, WITNEY, OX29 4QB

    ODS code K84006

    4.8 km

  • BEAUMONT ELMS PRACTICE

    19 BEAUMONT STREET, OXFORD, OX1 2NA

    ODS code K84016

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Field Station

    BCT · Wytham

    0.6 miles

  • Papermill Square

    BCT · Lower Wolvercote

    0.6 miles

  • Clifford Place

    BCT · Lower Wolvercote

    0.7 miles

  • Home Close

    BCT · Lower Wolvercote

    0.7 miles

  • Home Close

    BCT · Lower Wolvercote

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Vale of White Horse 002F, 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

28,111 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Wolvercote Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

151 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 62 events.

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