OX26 2BA

Bicester West · 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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX26 2AX 44 m
OX26 2AZ 52 m
OX26 2AT 73 m
OX26 2AQ 84 m
OX26 2BB 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX26 2BA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 2
Latitude
51.897391
Longitude
-1.163937
British National Grid easting
457,624
British National Grid northing
222,423

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
E00145052
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 014A · E01028466
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 014 · E02005934

Postcode source versions

Explore OX26

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Villiers Road, Bicester, OX26 2BA 8 August 2025 £300,000
23, Villiers Road, Bicester, OX26 2BA 29 September 2023 £310,000
4, Villiers Road, Bicester, OX26 2BA 25 June 2021 £310,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. The Bicester School

    Academy sponsor led

    428 m
  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester

    Academy converter

    527 m
  3. Brookside Primary School

    Community school

    651 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,753
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 912
  • Shoplifting 785
  • Anti social behaviour 188
  • Public order 179
  • Other theft 174

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
45

24 female, 21 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.6
OX26 2 residents
8,965

Age bands in OX26 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,478 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

891 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.2%

2,315 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

2,432 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

1,731 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX26 2 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+
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%

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

    426 m

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84052

    468 m

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K84613

    1.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Villiers Road

    BCT · Kings End

    0.1 miles
  • Villiers Road

    BCT · Kings End

    0.1 miles
  • Kings Avenue

    BCT · Kings End

    0.1 miles
  • Kings Avenue

    BCT · Kings End

    0.1 miles
  • Ray Road

    BCT · Kings End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 014A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,856 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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 £305,000 from 2 recorded sales in OX26 2BA. 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. The Bicester School is the nearest published school at 428 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,753 published events cover 12 months, averaging 229.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 912 events.

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