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OX6 8LY

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 2LY 0 m
OX26 2NJ 70 m
OX26 2HZ 93 m
OX26 2JA 125 m
OX26 2NW 128 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX6 8LY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 2000
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX6
Postcode sector
OX6 8
Latitude
51.906738
Longitude
-1.173576
British National Grid easting
456,949
British National Grid northing
223,455

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
E00145083
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

    185 m

  2. The Bicester School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

  3. Bure Park Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,214
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 548
  • Shoplifting 125
  • Anti social behaviour 112
  • Criminal damage and arson 85
  • Other theft 80

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84052

    1.6 km

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    1.6 km

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K84613

    3.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Tweed Crescent

    BCT · Highfield

    0.0 miles

  • Kings Meadow Primary School

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

  • Derwent Road

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

  • Swift Close

    BCT · Highfield

    0.1 miles

  • Bunyan 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 185 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,214 published events cover 12 months, averaging 101.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 548 events.

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