OX9 5BE

Watlington · South Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Watlington
Local authority: South Oxfordshire
Constituency: Henley and Thame
Postcode district: OX9
Postcode sector: OX9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
OX49 5BE	2 m
OX49 5AP	72 m
OX49 5AW	178 m
OX49 5AN	333 m
OX49 5AR	722 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: OX9 5BE
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 July 2000
Postcode area: OX
Postcode district: OX9
Postcode sector: OX9 5
Latitude: 51.658165
Longitude: -1.007802
British National Grid easting: 468,729
British National Grid northing: 195,952

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: South Oxfordshire · E07000179
Electoral ward: Watlington · E05009751
Parish or community: E04012491
Westminster constituency: Henley and Thame · E14001280
Output area: E00146072
Lower layer super output area: South Oxfordshire 008B · E01028679
Middle layer super output area: South Oxfordshire 008 · E02005965

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 2
Secondary: 1

Icknield Community College

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1.1 km
Watlington Primary School

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1.1 km
Lewknor Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 93
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 39
Other theft 12
Criminal damage and arson 10
Anti social behaviour 9
Public order 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
Postcode sector residents: Not available

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version not available.

Nearby transport

Pyrton Turn

BCT · Pyrton
0.6 miles
Pyrton Turn

BCT · Pyrton
0.7 miles
Icknield Community College

BCT · Watlington
0.7 miles
Icknield Community College

BCT · Watlington
0.7 miles
Bucklands Paddock

BCT · Watlington
0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Oxfordshire 008B, 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

20,329 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 7 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 3 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Icknield Community College is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

93 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 39 events.

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