OX3 7LU

Headington · Oxford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Oxford
Local authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford East
Postcode district
OX3
Postcode sector
OX3 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX3 7LX 26 m
OX3 7LT 58 m
OX3 7AF 76 m
OX3 7LS 84 m
OX3 7AD 95 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX3 7LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX3
Postcode sector
OX3 7
Latitude
51.754865
Longitude
-1.214162
British National Grid easting
454,339
British National Grid northing
206,533

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Oxford · E07000178
Parish or community
E43000128
Westminster constituency
Oxford East · E14001419
Output area
E00145370
Lower layer super output area
Oxford 006C · E01028536
Middle layer super output area
Oxford 006 · E02005945

Postcode source versions

Explore OX3

48 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
54, Stapleton Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LU 13 January 2025 £670,000
36, Stapleton Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LU 5 September 2022 £652,000
8, Stapleton Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LU 30 May 2022 £830,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
75
Primary
34
Secondary
6
  1. Windmill Primary School

    Community school

    528 m
  2. Cheney School

    Academy converter

    591 m
  3. Headington Rye Oxford

    Other independent school

    593 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,924
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,125
  • Other theft 257
  • Public order 239
  • Shoplifting 235
  • Criminal damage and arson 228

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
89

43 female, 46 male

Postcode households
39
Residents per household
2.3
OX3 7 residents
11,921

Age bands in OX3 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.9%

1,512 residents

Age 15 to 24
22.6%

2,651 residents

Age 25 to 44
32.7%

3,841 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.3%

2,266 residents

Age 65 and over
12.6%

1,475 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX3 7 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

17

within 5 km

  • MANOR SURGERY

    OSLER ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9BP

    ODS code K84044

    738 m

  • HEDENA HEALTH

    207 LONDON ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9JA

    ODS code K84009

    1.0 km

  • ST BARTHOLOMEWS & HOLLOW WAY MED CENTRE

    MANZIL WAY, COWLEY ROAD, OXFORD, OX4 1XB

    ODS code K84013

    1.5 km

  • BARTLEMAS SURGERY

    THE EAST OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE, 1 MANZIL WAY, OXFORD, OX4 1XD

    ODS code K84032

    1.5 km

  • COWLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE EAST OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE, MANZIL WAY, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 1XD

    ODS code K84063

    1.5 km

  • ST. CLEMENT'S SURGERY

    39 TEMPLE STREET, OXFORD, OX4 1JS

    ODS code K84060

    2.0 km

  • TEMPLE COWLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    TEMPLE ROAD, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 2HL

    ODS code K84007

    2.2 km

  • DONNINGTON MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    DONNINGTON HEALTH CENTRE, 1 HENLEY AVENUE, OXFORD, OX4 4DH

    ODS code K84004

    2.5 km

  • KES@NORTHGATE

    NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE, 15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF

    ODS code K84605

    3.0 km

  • NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF

    ODS code K84080

    3.0 km

  • LUTHER STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LUTHER STREET, OXFORD, OX1 1UL

    ODS code K84066

    3.1 km

  • BEAUMONT ELMS PRACTICE

    19 BEAUMONT STREET, OXFORD, OX1 2NA

    ODS code K84016

    3.3 km

  • JERICHO HEALTH CENTRE

    WALTON STREET, OXFORD, OX2 6NW

    ODS code K84078

    3.6 km

  • OBSERVATORY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    JERICHO HEALTH CENTRE, WALTON STREET, OXFORD, OX2 6NW

    ODS code K84026

    3.6 km

  • SUMMERTOWN HEALTH CENTRE

    160 BANBURY ROAD, SUMMERTOWN, OXFORD, OX2 7BS

    ODS code K84011

    4.0 km

  • BANBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    172 BANBURY ROAD, OXFORD, OX2 7BT

    ODS code K84021

    4.1 km

  • THE LEYS HEALTH CENTRE

    DUNNOCK WAY, BLACKBIRD LEYS, OXFORD, OX4 7EX

    ODS code K84031

    4.3 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

  • Lime Walk

    BCT · Headington

    0.1 miles
  • Oxford Clinic

    BCT · Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Oxford Clinic

    BCT · Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Lime Walk

    BCT · Headington

    0.2 miles
  • Valentia Road

    BCT · Headington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oxford 006C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,486 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 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
2
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 £712,500 from 4 recorded sales in OX3 7LU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Oxford is £466,815 in June 2026, down 0.9% year on year.

Schools

75 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 6 secondary schools. Windmill Primary School is the nearest published school at 528 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,924 published events cover 12 months, averaging 243.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,125 events.

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