OX16 postcode district: Banbury and around, Oxfordshire

OX16 is a postcode district in Oxfordshire, with 1,366 postcodes in use in 8 sectors. It has postcodes in Banbury and Bodicote. Its council is Cherwell.

Postcodes in use: 1,366
Sectors: 8
Council: Cherwell
Places: 2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in OX16, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 117
In use before 2020: 1,249
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,366 postcodes in OX16 that ONS places, 117 are new since 2020 and 1,249 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0624, longitude -1.3434. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

OX16 1LHJuly 2026 OX16 9FXJuly 2026 OX16 1SBJune 2026 OX16 6ULJune 2026 OX16 9JHJune 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. OX16 9FX, is the newest of them.
14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. OX16 9LJ, is the newest of them.
13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. OX16 1LA, is the newest of them.
13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. OX16 6UL, is the newest of them.
10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. OX16 1LH, is the newest of them.
9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. OX16 9ZG, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in OX16?

Ofcom reports on 1,286 of the 1,366 postcodes in OX16. At 1,007 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1,007 of 1,286

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,241 of 1,286

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is OX16 at risk of flooding?

85 of the 1,366 postcodes in OX16 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 151 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 85 of 1,366 postcodes High: 81Medium: 70Low: 448Very low: 647

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, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and 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

What do homes sell for in OX16?

Homes in OX16 sold for a typical £292,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 531 sales, down 5.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£292,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£308,875 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 5.3% on the 12 months before

Detached £422,500 123 sales
Semi-detached £301,500 192 sales
Terraced £250,000 146 sales
Flat or maisonette £160,000 70 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it