OX26 3NN

Bicester North and Caversfield · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cherwell
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX26 3HD 11 m
OX26 3HX 55 m
OX26 3NL 67 m
OX26 3HH 76 m
OX26 3HW 86 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX26 3NN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 October 2000
Terminated
1 September 2012
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 3
Latitude
51.906623
Longitude
-1.153576
British National Grid easting
458,325
British National Grid northing
223,458

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
E00145011
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 012D · E01028462
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 012 · E02005932

Postcode source versions

Explore OX26

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Bure Park Primary School

    Community school

    368 m
  2. Brookside Primary School

    Community school

    606 m
  3. The Cooper School

    Academy converter

    613 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,296
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 914
  • Shoplifting 421
  • Public order 172
  • Anti social behaviour 171
  • Criminal damage and arson 156

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OX26 3 residents
6,729

Age bands in OX26 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

1,208 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.8%

795 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.3%

2,106 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

1,937 residents

Age 65 and over
10.1%

679 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

    1.1 km

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    1.2 km

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K84613

    2.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Blake Road

    BCT · Bicester

    0.1 miles
  • Buckingham Crescent

    BCT · Bicester

    0.1 miles
  • Buckingham Crescent

    BCT · Bicester

    0.1 miles
  • Blake Road

    BCT · Bicester

    0.1 miles
  • Rowan Road

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 012D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,987 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
9 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Bure Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 368 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,296 published events cover 12 months, averaging 191.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 914 events.

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