OX26 2UB

Bicester West · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cherwell
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX26 2UA 52 m
OX26 2XS 66 m
OX26 2XT 109 m
OX26 2ZA 135 m
OX26 2XR 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX26 2UB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
1 March 2021
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 2
Latitude
51.910238
Longitude
-1.171316
British National Grid easting
457,100
British National Grid northing
223,846

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
E00145078
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 014F · E01028473
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 014 · E02005934

Postcode source versions

Explore OX26

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
3
  1. King's Meadow Primary School

    Community school

    466 m
  2. Bure Park Primary School

    Community school

    999 m
  3. Gagle Brook Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,006
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 478
  • Anti social behaviour 94
  • Shoplifting 76
  • Criminal damage and arson 72
  • Other theft 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84052

    1.8 km

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    1.8 km

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K84613

    3.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Kingsley Road

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles
  • Bunyan Road

    BCT · Highfield

    0.2 miles
  • Kings Meadow Primary School

    BCT · Highfield

    0.2 miles
  • Tweed Crescent

    BCT · Highfield

    0.2 miles
  • Maud Close

    BCT · Highfield

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 014F, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,846 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. King's Meadow Primary School is the nearest published school at 466 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,006 published events cover 12 months, averaging 83.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 478 events.

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