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OX6 8LU

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 2LU 4 m
OX26 2YL 87 m
OX26 2YP 88 m
OX26 2YN 94 m
OX26 2FJ 117 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX6 8LU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 2000
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX6
Postcode sector
OX6 8
Latitude
51.906056
Longitude
-1.171117
British National Grid easting
457,119
British National Grid northing
223,381

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
E00145082
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 014B · E01028469
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
18
Primary
13
Secondary
3

  1. King's Meadow Primary School

    Community school

    0 m

  2. The Bicester School

    Academy sponsor led

    920 m

  3. Brookside Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,829
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 695
  • Shoplifting 369
  • Anti social behaviour 148
  • Criminal damage and arson 127
  • Public order 124

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84052

    1.4 km

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    1.4 km

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K84613

    2.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Swift Close

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

  • Kings Meadow Primary School

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

  • Tweed Crescent

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

  • Bunyan Road

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

  • Derwent Road

    BCT · Highfield

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 014B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,972 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 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

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. King's Meadow Primary School is the nearest published school at 0 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,829 published events cover 12 months, averaging 152.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 695 events.

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