Oxfordshire County Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Oxfordshire County Council is the county council for Oxfordshire. It runs schools, roads, social care and libraries. Bins, council tax and planning are run by its 5 district councils. ONS places 22,371 postcodes in use in Oxfordshire, in 38 postcode districts across 7 postcode areas.
85% of homes and businesses in Oxfordshire can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 8,966 homes and businesses in Oxfordshire in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Do it on Oxfordshire County Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Roads and parking
Schools
Care, support and libraries
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Oxfordshire County Council. GOV.UK lists 11. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 2 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else), and 1 more did not open for us. We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Oxfordshire?
Across Oxfordshire, 85% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 72% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How many homes in Oxfordshire are at risk of flooding?
Across Oxfordshire, the Environment Agency puts 8,966 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2,062 postcodes with any property at risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Surface water
In Oxfordshire the Environment Agency counts 9,234 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water, 8,794 at medium risk and 25,955 at low risk. Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
District councils in Oxfordshire
Bins, council tax and planning are run by the district, borough or city council for each part of Oxfordshire.
Postcode districts with postcodes in Oxfordshire
- GL7 postcode district60 of its 1,688 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- GL56 postcode district11 of its 532 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- HP14 postcode district4 of its 541 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- HP18 postcode district9 of its 695 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- MK18 postcode district21 of its 1,266 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- NN13 postcode district19 of its 565 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX1 postcode districtAll 845 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX2 postcode districtAll 1,023 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX3 postcode districtAll 1,004 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX4 postcode districtAll 1,367 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX5 postcode district701 of its 706 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX7 postcode district1,048 of its 1,083 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX9 postcode district552 of its 562 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX10 postcode districtAll 1,042 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX11 postcode districtAll 1,184 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX12 postcode district1,016 of its 1,036 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX13 postcode districtAll 477 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX14 postcode districtAll 1,335 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX15 postcode district755 of its 835 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX16 postcode districtAll 1,366 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX17 postcode district281 of its 716 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX18 postcode district908 of its 932 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX20 postcode districtAll 275 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX25 postcode districtAll 526 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX26 postcode districtAll 942 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX27 postcode district302 of its 370 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX28 postcode districtAll 775 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX29 postcode districtAll 1,013 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX33 postcode district279 of its 281 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX39 postcode district255 of its 259 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX44 postcode districtAll 346 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- OX49 postcode districtAll 231 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- RG4 postcode district252 of its 1,000 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- RG8 postcode district418 of its 849 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- RG9 postcode district925 of its 1,138 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- RG17 postcode district2 of its 661 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- SN6 postcode district238 of its 681 postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
- SN7 postcode districtAll 564 of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode areas
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Oxfordshire.
Towns and villages
The 24 with the most postcodes in Oxfordshire, of 59. Browse places A to Z.
Is an address in Oxfordshire?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Oxfordshire covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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