OX26 1DE

Bicester South and Ambrosden · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bicester
Local authority
Cherwell
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX26 6EU 176 m
OX26 6WN 196 m
OX26 6WD 247 m
OX26 1BT 380 m
OX26 6WB 392 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX26 1DE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 1
Latitude
51.890810
Longitude
-1.158915
British National Grid easting
457,978
British National Grid northing
221,695

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Parish or community
E04013332
Westminster constituency
Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area
E00185858
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 015F · E01035736
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 015 · E02005935

Postcode source versions

Explore OX26

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd, Lakeview Drive, Bicester, OX26 1DE 18 July 2018 £2,000,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School

    Voluntary aided school

    623 m
  2. Whitelands Academy

    Free schools

    629 m
  3. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,472
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 781
  • Shoplifting 763
  • Anti social behaviour 172
  • Public order 165
  • Other theft 155

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OX26 1 residents
5,628

Age bands in OX26 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
29%

1,501 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.2%

370 residents

Age 25 to 44
40.1%

2,072 residents

Age 45 to 64
17.8%

923 residents

Age 65 and over
5.9%

305 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

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+
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

3

within 5 km

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    602 m

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, COKER CLOSE, BICESTER, OX26 6AT

    ODS code K84052

    671 m

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

    LANGFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE, 9 NIGHTINGALE PLACE, BICESTER, OX26 6XX

    ODS code K84613

    1.4 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

  • Tesco Store

    BCT · Bicester

    0.0 miles
  • Bicester Village

    BCT · Bicester

    0.2 miles
  • Lakeview Drive

    BCT · Bicester

    0.2 miles
  • Lakeview Drive

    BCT · Bicester

    0.2 miles
  • Bicester Village

    BCT · Bicester

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 015F, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,030 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
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

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School is the nearest published school at 623 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,472 published events cover 12 months, averaging 206 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 781 events.

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