Schools
70 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 6 secondary schools. Ruskin College is the nearest published school at 0 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OX3 9BZ
Headington · Oxford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Headington
- Local authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford East
- Postcode district
- OX3
- Postcode sector
- OX3 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OX3 9BZ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- OX
- Postcode district
- OX3
- Postcode sector
- OX3 9
- Latitude
- 51.766082
- Longitude
- -1.214895
- British National Grid easting
- 454,275
- British National Grid northing
- 207,780
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Oxford · E07000178
- Electoral ward
- Headington · E05013103
- Parish or community
- E43000128
- Westminster constituency
- Oxford East · E14001419
- Output area
- E00145371
- Lower layer super output area
- Oxford 006D · E01028537
- Middle layer super output area
- Oxford 006 · E02005945
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore OX3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 70
- Primary
- 32
- Secondary
- 6
- 0 m
Ruskin College
Further education
- 614 m
Barton Park Primary School
Free schools
- 737 m
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,328
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 835
- Shoplifting 251
- Other theft 218
- Public order 202
- Anti social behaviour 182
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- OX3 9 residents
- 10,739
Age bands in OX3 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 34.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.5%
1,960 residents
1,269 residents
3,765 residents
2,510 residents
1,480 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- 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
16
within 5 km straight-line
MANOR SURGERY
OSLER ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9BP
ODS code K84044
512 m
HEDENA HEALTH
207 LONDON ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9JA
ODS code K84009
845 m
ST BARTHOLOMEWS & HOLLOW WAY MED CENTRE
MANZIL WAY, COWLEY ROAD, OXFORD, OX4 1XB
ODS code K84013
2.4 km
BARTLEMAS SURGERY
THE EAST OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE, 1 MANZIL WAY, OXFORD, OX4 1XD
ODS code K84032
2.4 km
COWLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE EAST OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE, MANZIL WAY, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 1XD
ODS code K84063
2.4 km
ST. CLEMENT'S SURGERY
39 TEMPLE STREET, OXFORD, OX4 1JS
ODS code K84060
2.7 km
KES@NORTHGATE
NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE, 15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF
ODS code K84605
3.3 km
NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE
15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF
ODS code K84080
3.3 km
BEAUMONT ELMS PRACTICE
19 BEAUMONT STREET, OXFORD, OX1 2NA
ODS code K84016
3.4 km
SUMMERTOWN HEALTH CENTRE
160 BANBURY ROAD, SUMMERTOWN, OXFORD, OX2 7BS
ODS code K84011
3.5 km
TEMPLE COWLEY HEALTH CENTRE
TEMPLE ROAD, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 2HL
ODS code K84007
3.5 km
BANBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
172 BANBURY ROAD, OXFORD, OX2 7BT
ODS code K84021
3.5 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
LUTHER STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
LUTHER STREET, OXFORD, OX1 1UL
ODS code K84066
3.6 km
DONNINGTON MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
DONNINGTON HEALTH CENTRE, 1 HENLEY AVENUE, OXFORD, OX4 4DH
ODS code K84004
3.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Dunstan Park
BCT · Northway
- 0.2 miles
Dunstan Park
BCT · Northway
- 0.3 miles
Steep Rise Bottom
BCT · Northway
- 0.3 miles
Steep Rise Bottom
BCT · Northway
- 0.3 miles
Manor Surgery
BCT · John Radcliffe Hospital
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oxford 006D, 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
32,195 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 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
- 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
Recorded crime
2,328 published events cover 12 months, averaging 194 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 835 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.