OX4 2QU

Lye Valley · 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
OX4 2TA 40 m
OX4 2TF 40 m
OX4 2SQ 89 m
OX4 2QP 92 m
OX4 2TG 97 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX4 2QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX4
Postcode sector
OX4 2
Latitude
51.737462
Longitude
-1.198838
British National Grid easting
455,418
British National Grid northing
204,609

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
E00145483
Lower layer super output area
Oxford 020D · E01028557
Middle layer super output area
Oxford 020 · E02007021

Postcode source versions

Explore OX4

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
110, Horspath Road, Oxford, OX4 2QU 29 August 2025 £386,000
118, Horspath Road, Oxford, OX4 2QU 30 September 2021 £360,000
116, Horspath Road, Oxford, OX4 2QU 5 January 2018 £330,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
62
Primary
31
Secondary
6
  1. St Francis Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    147 m
  2. Tyndale Community School

    Free schools

    729 m
  3. Kings Education (Oxford)

    Other independent school

    835 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,771
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 862
  • Shoplifting 440
  • Anti social behaviour 260
  • Other theft 212
  • Criminal damage and arson 187

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

7 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.3
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX4 2 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

14

within 5 km

  • TEMPLE COWLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    TEMPLE ROAD, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 2HL

    ODS code K84007

    985 m

  • THE LEYS HEALTH CENTRE

    DUNNOCK WAY, BLACKBIRD LEYS, OXFORD, OX4 7EX

    ODS code K84031

    2.2 km

  • DONNINGTON MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code K84004

    2.3 km

  • ST BARTHOLOMEWS & HOLLOW WAY MED CENTRE

    MANZIL WAY, COWLEY ROAD, OXFORD, OX4 1XB

    ODS code K84013

    2.6 km

  • BARTLEMAS SURGERY

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

    ODS code K84032

    2.6 km

  • COWLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K84063

    2.6 km

  • HEDENA HEALTH

    207 LONDON ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9JA

    ODS code K84009

    2.8 km

  • MANOR SURGERY

    OSLER ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9BP

    ODS code K84044

    2.9 km

  • ST. CLEMENT'S SURGERY

    39 TEMPLE STREET, OXFORD, OX4 1JS

    ODS code K84060

    3.2 km

  • LUTHER STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LUTHER STREET, OXFORD, OX1 1UL

    ODS code K84066

    4.2 km

  • MORLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    MORLAND CLOSE, WHEATLEY, OXFORD, OX33 1DP

    ODS code K84014

    4.4 km

  • KES@NORTHGATE

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

    ODS code K84605

    4.4 km

  • NORTHGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 MARKET STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3EF

    ODS code K84080

    4.4 km

  • BEAUMONT ELMS PRACTICE

    19 BEAUMONT STREET, OXFORD, OX1 2NA

    ODS code K84016

    4.7 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Horspath Road Turning Circle

    BCT · Cowley

    0.0 miles
  • Horspath Road Shops

    BCT · Cowley

    0.0 miles
  • Horspath Road Industrial Estate

    BCT · Cowley

    0.1 miles
  • Horspath Road Industrial Estate

    BCT · Cowley

    0.1 miles
  • Rupert Road

    BCT · Cowley

    0.2 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
2
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 £373,000 from 2 recorded sales in OX4 2QU. 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

62 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Francis Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 147 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,771 published events cover 12 months, averaging 230.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 862 events.

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