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OX5 1UQ

Kidlington East · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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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 1UH 2 m
OX5 1TP 102 m
OX5 1TU 107 m
OX5 1TT 146 m
OX5 1TS 178 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX5 1UQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 2003
Terminated
1 November 2003
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX5
Postcode sector
OX5 1
Latitude
51.817234
Longitude
-1.291376
British National Grid easting
448,942
British National Grid northing
213,415

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
E00145186
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 017E · E01028494
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 017 · E02005937

Postcode source versions

Explore OX5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
2

  1. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington

    Academy converter

    584 m

  2. West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    584 m

  3. North Kidlington Primary School

    Community school

    792 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
863
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 336
  • Shoplifting 84
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Other theft 81
  • Public order 73

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EXETER CLOSE, OXFORD ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1AP

    ODS code K84082

    504 m

  • GOSFORD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    167 OXFORD ROAD, GOSFORD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2NS

    ODS code K84045

    751 m

  • ISLIP SURGERY

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

    ODS code K84003

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Osborne Close

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 miles

  • Broad Close

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 miles

  • Osborne Close

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 miles

  • Broad Close

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 miles

  • Treeground Place

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 017E, 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

13,509 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
10 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington is the nearest published school at 584 m.

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

Recorded crime

863 published events cover 12 months, averaging 71.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 336 events.

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