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OX5 1UP

Kidlington East · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX5 1DL 223 m
OX5 1DF 295 m
OX5 1DG 296 m
OX5 1DA 342 m
OX5 1DE 349 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX5 1UP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX5
Postcode sector
OX5 1
Latitude
51.806333
Longitude
-1.281814
British National Grid easting
449,613
British National Grid northing
212,209

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Electoral ward
Kidlington East · E05010932
Parish or community
E04008057
Westminster constituency
Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area
E00145170
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 018D · E01028496
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 018 · E02005938

Postcode source versions

Explore OX5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
12
Secondary
3

  1. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  2. West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

  3. Gosford Hill School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
592
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 224
  • Shoplifting 65
  • Other theft 60
  • Public order 51
  • Anti social behaviour 49

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • GOSFORD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    167 OXFORD ROAD, GOSFORD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2NS

    ODS code K84045

    1.0 km

  • THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EXETER CLOSE, OXFORD ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1AP

    ODS code K84082

    1.8 km

  • ISLIP SURGERY

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

    ODS code K84003

    3.6 km

  • BANBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    172 BANBURY ROAD, OXFORD, OX2 7BT

    ODS code K84021

    3.7 km

  • SUMMERTOWN HEALTH CENTRE

    160 BANBURY ROAD, SUMMERTOWN, OXFORD, OX2 7BS

    ODS code K84011

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.3 miles

  • Garden City

    BCT · Garden City

    0.3 miles

  • Garden City

    BCT · Garden City

    0.3 miles

  • Bicester Road

    BCT · Garden City

    0.3 miles

  • Bicester Road

    BCT · Garden City

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 018D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,542 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
9 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
1
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

27 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

592 published events cover 12 months, averaging 49.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 224 events.

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