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OX28 5JW

Witney South · West Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX28 5HY 109 m
OX28 5LP 118 m
OX28 5NG 119 m
OX28 5JE 121 m
OX28 5JB 124 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX28 5JW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX28
Postcode sector
OX28 5
Latitude
51.780710
Longitude
-1.497207
British National Grid easting
434,782
British National Grid northing
209,235

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Oxfordshire · E07000181
Electoral ward
Witney South · E05006651
Parish or community
E04008335
Westminster constituency
Witney · E14001591
Output area
E00146774
Lower layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 010C · E01028816
Middle layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 010 · E02006002

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. Queen Emma's Primary School

    Academy converter

    1 m

  2. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney

    Academy converter

    497 m

  3. The Henry Box School

    Academy converter

    680 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,644
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 675
  • Shoplifting 210
  • Anti social behaviour 198
  • Public order 160
  • Criminal damage and arson 145

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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
0%
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

  • WINDRUSH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JS

    ODS code K84017

    961 m

  • NUFFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JQ

    ODS code K84072

    962 m

  • COGGES SURGERY

    12 COGGES HILL ROAD, WITNEY, OX28 3FS

    ODS code K84618

    1.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Ducklington Lane

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

  • Ducklington Lane

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

  • Burwell Shops

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

  • Burwell Shops

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

  • Blenheim Drive

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Oxfordshire 010C, 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

26,566 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
9 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. Queen Emma's Primary School is the nearest published school at 1 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,644 published events cover 12 months, averaging 137 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 675 events.

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