OX4 2BW

Blackbird Leys · 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
OX4
Postcode sector
OX4 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX33 1RT 436 m
OX33 1RP 571 m
OX33 1JF 640 m
OX33 1SQ 665 m
OX33 1SE 671 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX4 2BW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
1 July 2025
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX4
Postcode sector
OX4 2
Latitude
51.734434
Longitude
-1.178343
British National Grid easting
456,837
British National Grid northing
204,288

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
E00145485
Lower layer super output area
Oxford 020D · E01028557
Middle layer super output area
Oxford 020 · E02007021

Postcode source versions

Explore OX4

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
U Y S Ltd, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2BW 8 August 2024 £17,700,000
U Y S Ltd, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2BW 31 March 2022 £9,240,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
27
Secondary
5
  1. Horspath Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    857 m
  2. St Francis Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. Pegasus School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
572
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 168
  • Violence and sexual offences 155
  • Anti social behaviour 37
  • Criminal damage and arson 37
  • Other theft 33

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OX4 2 residents
11,835

Age bands in OX4 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

1,719 residents

Age 15 to 24
23.1%

2,839 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.7%

4,394 residents

Age 45 to 64
18.8%

2,309 residents

Age 65 and over
8.4%

1,033 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+
0%
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

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE LEYS HEALTH CENTRE

    DUNNOCK WAY, BLACKBIRD LEYS, OXFORD, OX4 7EX

    ODS code K84031

    2.3 km

  • TEMPLE COWLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    TEMPLE ROAD, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 2HL

    ODS code K84007

    2.4 km

  • MORLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    MORLAND CLOSE, WHEATLEY, OXFORD, OX33 1DP

    ODS code K84014

    3.2 km

  • HEDENA HEALTH

    207 LONDON ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9JA

    ODS code K84009

    3.6 km

  • DONNINGTON MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code K84004

    3.7 km

  • MANOR SURGERY

    OSLER ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9BP

    ODS code K84044

    3.9 km

  • ST BARTHOLOMEWS & HOLLOW WAY MED CENTRE

    MANZIL WAY, COWLEY ROAD, OXFORD, OX4 1XB

    ODS code K84013

    4.0 km

  • BARTLEMAS SURGERY

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

    ODS code K84032

    4.0 km

  • COWLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84063

    4.0 km

  • ST. CLEMENT'S SURGERY

    39 TEMPLE STREET, OXFORD, OX4 1JS

    ODS code K84060

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • The Green

    BCT · Horspath

    0.3 miles
  • The Green

    BCT · Horspath

    0.4 miles
  • Unipart House

    BCT · Cowley

    0.4 miles
  • Sports Ground

    BCT · Horspath

    0.4 miles
  • Gidley Way Bottom

    BCT · Horspath

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oxford 020D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,347 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £13,470,000 from 2 recorded sales in OX4 2BW. 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

49 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. Horspath Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 857 m.

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

Recorded crime

572 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 168 events.

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