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OX5 1LH

Kidlington West · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Kidlington West
Local authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock
Postcode district
OX5
Postcode sector
OX5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX5 1GL 78 m
OX5 1HP 82 m
OX5 1TG 129 m
OX5 1LJ 137 m
OX5 1HR 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX5 1LH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX5
Postcode sector
OX5 1
Latitude
51.827722
Longitude
-1.300992
British National Grid easting
448,268
British National Grid northing
214,575

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Electoral ward
Kidlington West · E05010933
Parish or community
E04008057
Westminster constituency
Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area
E00145154
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 019A · E01028488
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 019 · E02005939

Postcode source versions

Explore OX5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
11
Secondary
2

  1. North Kidlington Primary School

    Community school

    796 m

  2. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  3. West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
543
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 249
  • Anti social behaviour 50
  • Other theft 47
  • Public order 47
  • Criminal damage and arson 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OX5 1 residents
11,727

Age bands in OX5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,891 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

1,123 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.5%

3,314 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

3,301 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

2,409 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

4

within 5 km

  • THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EXETER CLOSE, OXFORD ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1AP

    ODS code K84082

    1.1 km

  • GOSFORD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    167 OXFORD ROAD, GOSFORD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2NS

    ODS code K84045

    1.9 km

  • WOODSTOCK SURGERY

    1 PARK LANE, WOODSTOCK, OX20 1UB

    ODS code K84042

    4.2 km

  • ISLIP SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, BLETCHINGDON ROAD, ISLIP, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2TQ

    ODS code K84003

    4.3 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

  • The Moors Turn

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.2 miles

  • Flatford Place

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.2 miles

  • The Moors Turn

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.2 miles

  • Lyne Road Turn

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.2 miles

  • Flatford Place

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 019A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,063 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. North Kidlington Primary School is the nearest published school at 796 m.

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

Recorded crime

543 published events cover 12 months, averaging 45.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 249 events.

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