OX5 4BU

The Bartons · West Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: The Bartons
Local authority: West Oxfordshire
Constituency: Banbury
Postcode district: OX5
Postcode sector: OX5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
OX7 7BS	47 m
OX7 7DT	97 m
OX7 7BL	111 m
OX7 7BN	135 m
OX7 7DN	175 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: OX5 4BU
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 December 1991
Postcode area: OX
Postcode district: OX5
Postcode sector: OX5 4
Latitude: 51.927241
Longitude: -1.370242
British National Grid easting: 443,400
British National Grid northing: 225,600

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: West Oxfordshire · E07000181
Electoral ward: The Bartons · E05006647
Parish or community: E04008333
Westminster constituency: Banbury · E14001072
Output area: E00146722
Lower layer super output area: West Oxfordshire 002D · E01028806
Middle layer super output area: West Oxfordshire 002 · E02005994

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Middle Barton Primary School

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580 m
Dr Radcliffe's Church of England Primary School

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4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 40
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 16
Burglary 6
Anti social behaviour 6
Vehicle crime 5
Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
Postcode sector residents: Not available

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 not available.

Nearby transport

Church

BCT · Westcott Barton
0.2 miles
Church

BCT · Westcott Barton
0.2 miles
Sport and Social Club

BCT · Middle Barton
0.3 miles
Barton Garage

BCT · Middle Barton
0.3 miles
Sports and Social Club

BCT · Middle Barton
0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Oxfordshire 002D, 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

23,983 of 33,755

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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Middle Barton Primary School is the nearest published school at 580 m.

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

Recorded crime

40 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.

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