OX6 8DS

Bicester West · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cherwell
Postcode district
OX6
Postcode sector
OX6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX26 2DS 3 m
OX26 2DU 32 m
OX26 2DP 39 m
OX26 2DW 41 m
OX26 2DE 53 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX6 8DS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 2000
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX6
Postcode sector
OX6 8
Latitude
51.905107
Longitude
-1.160392
British National Grid easting
457,858
British National Grid northing
223,284

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Parish or community
E04013332
Westminster constituency
Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area
E00145064
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 014C · E01028470
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 014 · E02005934

Postcode source versions

Explore OX6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Brookside Primary School

    Community school

    403 m
  2. The Bicester School

    Academy sponsor led

    487 m
  3. Bure Park Primary School

    Community school

    517 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,930
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,007
  • Shoplifting 816
  • Public order 194
  • Anti social behaviour 194
  • Other theft 179

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, COKER CLOSE, BICESTER, OX26 6AT

    ODS code K84052

    955 m

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    1.0 km

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

    LANGFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE, 9 NIGHTINGALE PLACE, BICESTER, OX26 6XX

    ODS code K84613

    2.2 km

Nearby transport

  • The Star

    BCT · Highfield

    0.0 miles
  • The Star

    BCT · Highfield

    0.0 miles
  • The Approach

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles
  • The Approach

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles
  • Brookside School

    BCT · Highfield

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 014C, 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

24,717 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
10 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Brookside Primary School is the nearest published school at 403 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,930 published events cover 12 months, averaging 244.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,007 events.

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