OX5 1TY

Kidlington West · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kidlington
Local authority
Cherwell
Postcode district
OX5
Postcode sector
OX5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX5 1TN 60 m
OX5 1UX 91 m
OX5 1TZ 111 m
OX5 1UA 113 m
OX5 1SJ 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX5 1TY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 1985
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX5
Postcode sector
OX5 1
Latitude
51.825476
Longitude
-1.296775
British National Grid easting
448,561
British National Grid northing
214,328

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Parish or community
E04008057
Westminster constituency
Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area
E00145152
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 019A · E01028488
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 019 · E02005939

Postcode source versions

Explore OX5

92 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
97, Wilsdon Way, Kidlington, OX5 1TY 1 July 2026 £222,500
77, Wilsdon Way, Kidlington, OX5 1TY 1 May 2026 £225,000
43, Wilsdon Way, Kidlington, OX5 1TY 21 July 2025 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. North Kidlington Primary School

    Community school

    430 m
  2. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
635
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 292
  • Anti social behaviour 59
  • Other theft 58
  • Public order 55
  • Criminal damage and arson 44

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
72

38 female, 34 male

Postcode households
46
Residents per household
1.6
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

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX5 1 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

4

within 5 km

  • THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EXETER CLOSE, OXFORD ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1AP

    ODS code K84082

    679 m

  • GOSFORD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    167 OXFORD ROAD, GOSFORD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2NS

    ODS code K84045

    1.6 km

  • ISLIP SURGERY

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

    ODS code K84003

    4.0 km

  • WOODSTOCK SURGERY

    1 PARK LANE, WOODSTOCK, OX20 1UB

    ODS code K84042

    4.6 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

  • Chamberlain Place

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 miles
  • Cots Green

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 miles
  • Chamberlain Place

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 miles
  • Cots Green

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 miles
  • Flatford Place

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 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

Property market

The five-year median is £223,750 from 10 recorded sales in OX5 1TY. 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.

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. North Kidlington Primary School is the nearest published school at 430 m.

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

Recorded crime

635 published events cover 12 months, averaging 52.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 292 events.

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