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OX8 5BL

Witney Central · West Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Witney Central
Local authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney
Postcode district
OX8
Postcode sector
OX8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX28 5BL 6 m
OX28 5BG 36 m
OX28 5AJ 77 m
OX28 5AX 82 m
OX28 5AL 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX8 5BL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX8
Postcode sector
OX8 5
Latitude
51.786929
Longitude
-1.504996
British National Grid easting
434,240
British National Grid northing
209,923

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Oxfordshire · E07000181
Electoral ward
Witney Central · E05006648
Parish or community
E04008335
Westminster constituency
Witney · E14001591
Output area
E00146733
Lower layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 009A · E01028809
Middle layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 009 · E02006001

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
2

  1. West Witney Primary School & Nursery

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    154 m

  2. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney

    Academy converter

    537 m

  3. Tower Hill Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    829 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,527
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 678
  • Anti social behaviour 183
  • Shoplifting 164
  • Public order 153
  • Criminal damage and arson 120

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • WINDRUSH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JS

    ODS code K84017

    1.1 km

  • NUFFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JQ

    ODS code K84072

    1.3 km

  • COGGES SURGERY

    12 COGGES HILL ROAD, WITNEY, OX28 3FS

    ODS code K84618

    2.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Windrush Valley Road

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

  • Fettiplace Road

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

  • Windrush Valley Road

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

  • The Rowing Machine

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

  • The Rowing Machine

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Oxfordshire 009A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,103 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
8 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. West Witney Primary School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 154 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,527 published events cover 12 months, averaging 127.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 678 events.

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