OX27 8AJ

Bicester North and Caversfield · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bicester
Local authority
Cherwell
Postcode district
OX27
Postcode sector
OX27 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX27 8AH 10 m
OX27 8AA 40 m
OX27 8AB 82 m
OX27 8UL 87 m
OX27 8AE 88 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX27 8AJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2014
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX27
Postcode sector
OX27 8
Latitude
51.918070
Longitude
-1.147501
British National Grid easting
458,728
British National Grid northing
224,736

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Parish or community
E04012367
Westminster constituency
Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area
E00186063
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 011B · E01028477
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 011 · E02005931

Postcode source versions

Explore OX27

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Officers Mess, 4, Orchard Square, Caversfield, Bicester, OX27 8AJ 24 June 2016 £410,000
The Officers Mess, 2, Orchard Square, Caversfield, Bicester, OX27 8AJ 10 June 2016 £380,000
The Officers Mess, 6, Orchard Square, Caversfield, Bicester, OX27 8AJ 31 March 2016 £385,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Southwold Primary School

    Academy converter

    677 m
  2. Bardwell School

    Academy special converter

    918 m
  3. Glory Farm Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
649
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 301
  • Anti social behaviour 74
  • Shoplifting 56
  • Public order 44
  • Criminal damage and arson 42

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

4 female, 5 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
1.5
OX27 8 residents
3,721

Age bands in OX27 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

647 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

346 residents

Age 25 to 44
33.3%

1,156 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

912 residents

Age 65 and over
11.9%

413 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX27 8 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 straight-line

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84052

    2.5 km

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    2.5 km

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K84613

    3.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Skimmingdish Lane HAR

    BCT · Caversfield

    0.0 miles
  • Skimmingdish Lane HAR

    BCT · Caversfield

    0.0 miles
  • Old Vicarage

    BCT · Caversfield

    0.2 miles
  • Wilson Way

    BCT · Caversfield

    0.2 miles
  • Wilson Way

    BCT · Caversfield

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 011B, 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

21,205 of 33,755

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

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Southwold Primary School is the nearest published school at 677 m.

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

Recorded crime

649 published events cover 12 months, averaging 54.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 301 events.

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