OX28 5AE

Witney Central · West Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney
Postcode district
OX28
Postcode sector
OX28 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX28 5AL 52 m
OX28 5BJ 84 m
OX28 5AJ 89 m
OX28 5AA 98 m
OX28 5AB 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX28 5AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX28
Postcode sector
OX28 5
Latitude
51.788048
Longitude
-1.503853
British National Grid easting
434,318
British National Grid northing
210,048

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Oxfordshire · E07000181
Parish or community
E04008335
Westminster constituency
Witney · E14001591
Output area
E00146726
Lower layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 009A · E01028809
Middle layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 009 · E02006001

Postcode source versions

Explore OX28

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. West Witney Primary School & Nursery

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    287 m
  2. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney

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    657 m
  3. Tower Hill Community Primary School

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    719 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,580
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 696
  • Anti social behaviour 190
  • Shoplifting 164
  • Public order 160
  • Criminal damage and arson 128

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
43

19 female, 24 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.9
OX28 5 residents
8,961

Age bands in OX28 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,552 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

953 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.3%

2,361 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

2,475 residents

Age 65 and over
18.2%

1,636 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX28 5 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

  • WINDRUSH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JS

    ODS code K84017

    1.1 km

  • NUFFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JQ

    ODS code K84072

    1.2 km

  • COGGES SURGERY

    12 COGGES HILL ROAD, WITNEY, OX28 3FS

    ODS code K84618

    2.2 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

  • Windrush Valley Road

    BCT · Witney

    0.0 miles
  • Windrush Valley Road

    BCT · Witney

    0.0 miles
  • Lancut Road

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles
  • The Rowing Machine

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles
  • The Rowing Machine

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Oxfordshire 009A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,103 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
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

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. West Witney Primary School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 287 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,580 published events cover 12 months, averaging 131.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 696 events.

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