OX3 8DA

Barton & Sandhills · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX3 9NZ 39 m
OX3 8GB 57 m
OX3 9PD 100 m
OX3 8BZ 104 m
OX3 8BG 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX3 8DA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX3
Postcode sector
OX3 8
Latitude
51.766785
Longitude
-1.191189
British National Grid easting
455,910
British National Grid northing
207,876

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
E00145273
Lower layer super output area
Oxford 005B · E01028514
Middle layer super output area
Oxford 005 · E02005944

Postcode source versions

Explore OX3

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Routh Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8DA 27 March 2025 £300,000
5, Routh Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8DA 28 February 2025 £320,000
14, Routh Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8DA 29 September 2023 £335,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
24
Secondary
6
  1. Bayards Hill School

    Academy sponsor led

    390 m
  2. Endeavour Academy, Oxford

    Academy special sponsor led

    423 m
  3. Sandhills Community Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    792 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,191
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 420
  • Anti social behaviour 123
  • Criminal damage and arson 110
  • Drugs 97
  • Public order 95

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
72

40 female, 32 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
3.8
OX3 8 residents
12,950

Age bands in OX3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

2,454 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.6%

1,635 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.9%

3,893 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.6%

3,200 residents

Age 65 and over
14.1%

1,843 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX3 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

11

within 5 km

  • HEDENA HEALTH

    207 LONDON ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9JA

    ODS code K84009

    1.1 km

  • MANOR SURGERY

    OSLER ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9BP

    ODS code K84044

    1.7 km

  • ST BARTHOLOMEWS & HOLLOW WAY MED CENTRE

    MANZIL WAY, COWLEY ROAD, OXFORD, OX4 1XB

    ODS code K84013

    3.5 km

  • BARTLEMAS SURGERY

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

    ODS code K84032

    3.6 km

  • COWLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84063

    3.6 km

  • TEMPLE COWLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    TEMPLE ROAD, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 2HL

    ODS code K84007

    3.8 km

  • ST. CLEMENT'S SURGERY

    39 TEMPLE STREET, OXFORD, OX4 1JS

    ODS code K84060

    4.0 km

  • MORLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    MORLAND CLOSE, WHEATLEY, OXFORD, OX33 1DP

    ODS code K84014

    4.2 km

  • DONNINGTON MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code K84004

    4.5 km

  • KES@NORTHGATE

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

    ODS code K84605

    4.8 km

  • NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF

    ODS code K84080

    4.8 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

  • Routh Road

    BCT · Barton

    0.1 miles
  • Stowford Road

    BCT · Barton

    0.1 miles
  • Humfrey Road

    BCT · Barton

    0.1 miles
  • Bayswater Road Church

    BCT · Barton

    0.2 miles
  • Underhill Circus

    BCT · Barton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oxford 005B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,707 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
1
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 £335,000 from 5 recorded sales in OX3 8DA. 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

54 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 6 secondary schools. Bayards Hill School is the nearest published school at 390 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,191 published events cover 12 months, averaging 99.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 420 events.

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