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OX6 8ER

Bicester West · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Bicester West
Local authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock
Postcode district
OX6
Postcode sector
OX6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX26 2ER 1 m
OX26 2DB 50 m
OX26 2DN 98 m
OX26 2ET 104 m
OX26 2DD 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX6 8ER
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 2000
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX6
Postcode sector
OX6 8
Latitude
51.902704
Longitude
-1.158693
British National Grid easting
457,978
British National Grid northing
223,018

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Electoral ward
Bicester West · E05010928
Parish or community
E04013332
Westminster constituency
Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area
E00145065
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 014C · E01028470
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 014 · E02005934

Postcode source versions

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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

    112 m

  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester

    Academy converter

    245 m

  3. The Bicester School

    Academy sponsor led

    265 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,000
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,034
  • Shoplifting 821
  • Public order 202
  • Anti social behaviour 201
  • Other theft 186

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84052

    670 m

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    725 m

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K84613

    1.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Brookside School

    BCT · Highfield

    0.0 miles

  • Brookside School

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

  • The Approach

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

  • The Approach

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

  • The Star

    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 112 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,000 published events cover 12 months, averaging 250 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,034 events.

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