OX8 6AX

Witney South · West Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney
Postcode district
OX8
Postcode sector
OX8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX28 4AX 0 m
OX28 4BR 96 m
OX28 4AP 107 m
OX28 4AG 128 m
OX28 4AN 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX8 6AX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX8
Postcode sector
OX8 6
Latitude
51.781189
Longitude
-1.487388
British National Grid easting
435,459
British National Grid northing
209,293

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Oxfordshire · E07000181
Parish or community
E04008335
Westminster constituency
Witney · E14001591
Output area
E00185986
Lower layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 010F · E01028819
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
19
Primary
14
Secondary
2
  1. The Henry Box School

    Academy converter

    0 m
  2. St Mary's Church of England Infant School

    Academy converter

    235 m
  3. The Batt Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    344 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,678
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 687
  • Shoplifting 210
  • Anti social behaviour 202
  • Public order 160
  • Criminal damage and arson 144

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • NUFFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JQ

    ODS code K84072

    586 m

  • WINDRUSH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JS

    ODS code K84017

    708 m

  • COGGES SURGERY

    12 COGGES HILL ROAD, WITNEY, OX28 3FS

    ODS code K84618

    949 m

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

  • Henry Box School

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles
  • Holloway Road

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles
  • Market Square

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles
  • Market Square

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles
  • Fernleigh

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Oxfordshire 010F, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,415 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
3 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 2 secondary schools. The Henry Box School is the nearest published school at 0 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,678 published events cover 12 months, averaging 139.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 687 events.

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