OX8 6BL

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 4BH 52 m
OX28 4BL 76 m
OX28 4FF 85 m
OX28 4BN 100 m
OX28 4JA 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX8 6BL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
1 June 2000
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX8
Postcode sector
OX8 6
Latitude
51.778733
Longitude
-1.482966
British National Grid easting
435,766
British National Grid northing
209,022

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
E00146768
Lower layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 010E · E01028818
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. St Mary's Church of England Infant School

    Academy converter

    402 m
  2. The Henry Box School

    Academy converter

    410 m
  3. The Batt Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    672 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,427
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 561
  • Shoplifting 193
  • Anti social behaviour 172
  • Public order 136
  • Criminal damage and arson 117

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • COGGES SURGERY

    12 COGGES HILL ROAD, WITNEY, OX28 3FS

    ODS code K84618

    748 m

  • NUFFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JQ

    ODS code K84072

    898 m

  • WINDRUSH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JS

    ODS code K84017

    1.1 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

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Witney

    0.1 miles
  • Henry Box School

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles
  • Fernleigh

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles
  • Langdale Gate

    BCT · Witney

    0.4 miles
  • Market Square

    BCT · Witney

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Oxfordshire 010E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,415 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
5 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. St Mary's Church of England Infant School is the nearest published school at 402 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,427 published events cover 12 months, averaging 118.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 561 events.

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