OX5 2NG

Kidlington East · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cherwell
Postcode district
OX5
Postcode sector
OX5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX5 2HZ 18 m
OX5 2NH 61 m
OX5 2HY 69 m
OX5 2JD 97 m
OX5 2JE 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX5 2NG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX5
Postcode sector
OX5 2
Latitude
51.820611
Longitude
-1.277424
British National Grid easting
449,900
British National Grid northing
213,800

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
E00145179
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 018B · E01028493
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 018 · E02005938

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Edward Feild Primary School

    Academy converter

    472 m
  2. Gosford Hill School

    Academy converter

    500 m
  3. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington

    Academy converter

    646 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
718
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 259
  • Shoplifting 78
  • Anti social behaviour 70
  • Other theft 67
  • Public order 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OX5 2 residents
9,140

Age bands in OX5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

1,301 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

777 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

2,076 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

2,408 residents

Age 65 and over
27%

2,432 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

  • GOSFORD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    167 OXFORD ROAD, GOSFORD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 2NS

    ODS code K84045

    615 m

  • THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EXETER CLOSE, OXFORD ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OX5 1AP

    ODS code K84082

    820 m

  • ISLIP SURGERY

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

    ODS code K84003

    2.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Springfield Road

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.0 miles
  • Springfield Road

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.0 miles
  • Mill End

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 miles
  • Mill End

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.1 miles
  • Evans Court

    BCT · Kidlington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 018B, 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

24,721 of 33,755

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

16 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Edward Feild Primary School is the nearest published school at 472 m.

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

Recorded crime

718 published events cover 12 months, averaging 59.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 259 events.

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