Property market
The five-year median is £350,000 from 3,350 recorded sales in OX26. 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.
OX26
UK postcode district
Part of Bicester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,339
- Current units
- 942
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 397
Postcode sectors in OX26
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
27,551 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 12, Wedgwood, Bicester, OX26 4UL | 29 July 2026 | £310,000 |
| 58, Manston Close, Bicester, OX26 4FB | 22 July 2026 | £295,000 |
| 132, Redcar Road, Bicester, OX26 1BS | 22 July 2026 | £325,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,849
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 968
- Shoplifting 780
- Anti social behaviour 204
- Public order 196
- Other theft 176
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OX26 usual residents
- 38,088
- Age-profile population
- 37,895
Age bands in OX26
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.5%
- 7,007 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- 3,852 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.2%
- 11,814 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26%
- 9,870 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 14.1%
- 5,352 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 898 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 852 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 699 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP
LANGFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE, 9 NIGHTINGALE PLACE, BICESTER, OX26 6XX
ODS code K84613
BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, COKER CLOSE, BICESTER, OX26 6AT
ODS code K84052
MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY
PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT
ODS code K84038
Evidence in context
Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,849 published events cover 12 months, averaging 237 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 968 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.