Property market
The five-year median is £390,000 from 1,656 recorded sales in OX5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Cherwell is £353,632 in June 2026, up 3.8% year on year.
OX5
UK postcode district
Part of Oxford
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,308
- Current units
- 706
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 602
Postcode sectors in OX5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
12,308 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 26, Rutten Lane, Yarnton, Kidlington, OX5 1LN | 24 July 2026 | £420,000 |
| Sycamore Farm Barn, Murcott, Kidlington, OX5 2RE | 22 July 2026 | £990,000 |
| 43, Rutten Lane, Yarnton, Kidlington, OX5 1LN | 21 July 2026 | £335,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,425
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 601
- Other theft 144
- Anti social behaviour 122
- Public order 110
- Vehicle crime 98
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OX5 usual residents
- 24,117
- Age-profile population
- 24,290
Age bands in OX5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.4%
- 3,749 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.1%
- 2,204 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.2%
- 6,131 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.3%
- 6,640 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.9%
- 5,566 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 657 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 602 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 430 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
GOSFORD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
167 OXFORD ROAD, GOSFORD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2NS
ODS code K84045
ISLIP SURGERY
THE SURGERY, BLETCHINGDON ROAD, ISLIP, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2TQ
ODS code K84003
THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
EXETER CLOSE, OXFORD ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1AP
ODS code K84082
Evidence in context
Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,425 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 601 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.