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OX8 5DS

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 6JT 10 m
OX28 6GG 58 m
OX28 6HD 75 m
OX28 6EN 82 m
OX28 5ET 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX8 5DS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX8
Postcode sector
OX8 5
Latitude
51.787878
Longitude
-1.499636
British National Grid easting
434,609
British National Grid northing
210,031

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
E00146734
Lower layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 010B · E01028808
Middle layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 010 · E02006002

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
2

  1. Tower Hill Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    446 m

  2. West Witney Primary School & Nursery

    Academy converter

    538 m

  3. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney

    Academy converter

    707 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,659
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 700
  • Anti social behaviour 200
  • Shoplifting 186
  • Public order 163
  • Criminal damage and arson 149

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • WINDRUSH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JS

    ODS code K84017

    762 m

  • NUFFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JQ

    ODS code K84072

    901 m

  • COGGES SURGERY

    12 COGGES HILL ROAD, WITNEY, OX28 3FS

    ODS code K84618

    1.9 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

  • Park Road

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

  • Tower Hill Garage

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles

  • Tower Hill Garage

    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 010B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,507 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
9 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 2 secondary schools. Tower Hill Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 446 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,659 published events cover 12 months, averaging 138.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 700 events.

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