OX5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kidlington, Garden City and Yarnton, in Cherwell.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an OX5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 48% of people in OX5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How OX5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is OX5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX5 at a rate of 54.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (573), other crime (284) and anti-social behaviour (125).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX5 was 52.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in OX5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX5 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in OX5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherwell 016B | 1,434 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.0% |
| Cherwell 016C | 1,664 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.0% |
| Cherwell 016F | 1,227 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.7% |
| Cherwell 017A | 1,203 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.1% |
| Cherwell 017B | 1,366 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.2% |
| Cherwell 017C | 1,287 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| Cherwell 017D | 1,584 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.7% |
| Cherwell 017E | 1,101 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Cherwell 018A | 1,562 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| Cherwell 018B | 1,404 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| Cherwell 018C | 1,313 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Cherwell 018D | 1,402 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Cherwell 019A | 1,372 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.6% |
| Cherwell 019B | 1,627 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.7% |
| Cherwell 019C | 1,886 | 124.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.5% |
| Cherwell 019D | 1,897 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.8% |
| West Oxfordshire 004H | 1,468 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
MPs for OX5
- Calum MillerLiberal DemocratMP for Bicester and Woodstock99% of OX5’s postcodes
- Greg SmithConservativeMP for Mid Buckinghamshire0.7% of OX5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in OX53
Postcode sectors in OX54
Council1
Towns in OX51
Postcode districts next to OX59
Nearest rail stations3
More in the OX postcode area2
OX5 in brief
OX5 is a postcode district covering Kidlington, Garden City and Yarnton, in Cherwell.
About 24,764 people lived in OX5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 309 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX5 was £400,000 in 2025.
OX5 had 24,285 usual residents at the census.
About 48% of people in OX5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In OX5, 89.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.