OX26 4XH

Bicester East · 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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX26 4XL 65 m
OX26 4FW 80 m
OX26 4XX 109 m
OX26 4YX 117 m
OX26 4YY 117 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX26 4XH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 4
Latitude
51.909458
Longitude
-1.136644
British National Grid easting
459,486
British National Grid northing
223,787

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
E00145002
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 013D · E01028458
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 013 · E02005933

Postcode source versions

Explore OX26

101 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
33, Beverley Gardens, Bicester, OX26 4XH 17 October 2025 £272,500
14, Beverley Gardens, Bicester, OX26 4XH 14 August 2025 £305,001
25, Beverley Gardens, Bicester, OX26 4XH 27 March 2025 £290,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Glory Farm Primary School

    Academy converter

    372 m
  2. Bardwell School

    Academy special converter

    406 m
  3. The Cooper School

    Academy converter

    594 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
954
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 407
  • Shoplifting 137
  • Anti social behaviour 84
  • Other theft 66
  • Public order 65

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
112

55 female, 57 male

Postcode households
48
Residents per household
2.3
OX26 4 residents
5,876

Age bands in OX26 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,002 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

659 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.8%

1,637 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

1,667 residents

Age 65 and over
15.6%

921 residents

This postcode contained 1.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX26 4 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+
89.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
89.4%
Gigabit-capable
89.4%
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 straight-line

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84052

    2.0 km

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K84613

    2.0 km

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    2.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Duxford Close

    BCT · Glory Farm

    0.0 miles
  • Duxford Close

    BCT · Glory Farm

    0.0 miles
  • Fulmar Court

    BCT · Glory Farm

    0.1 miles
  • Fulmar Court

    BCT · Glory Farm

    0.1 miles
  • Lincoln Close

    BCT · Glory Farm

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 013D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,401 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 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.

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
1
Low risk addresses
11
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 £272,500 from 9 recorded sales in OX26 4XH. 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. Glory Farm Primary School is the nearest published school at 372 m.

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

Recorded crime

954 published events cover 12 months, averaging 79.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 407 events.

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