Wantage
Wantage is covered by postcode district OX12. It is in the Vale of White Horse council area, Oxfordshire.
Every postcode in Wantage, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 36
- In use before 2020: 335
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 371 postcodes in Wantage that ONS places, 36 are new since 2020 and 335 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 51.5910, longitude -1.4238. 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
What is it like to live in Wantage?
Homes sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.2% on the 12 months before. At 259 of the 358 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 17 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 371 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Didcot Parkway, 12.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Wantage?
Homes in Wantage sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 165 sales, down 8.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £515,000 37 sales
- Semi-detached £340,000 56 sales
- Terraced £320,000 37 sales
- Flat or maisonette £198,000 35 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole OX12 district, Wantage's main postcode district: a typical £340,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wantage: 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
Are new homes being built in Wantage?
36 of the 371 postcodes now in use in Wantage came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 52 of the 280 homes sold in Wantage were newly built (19%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OX12 district, 24%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Wantage | Across the OX12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 165 (2%) | 5 of 337 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 52 of 280 (19%) | 164 of 687 (24%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Wantage?
Ofcom reports on 358 of the 371 postcodes in Wantage. At 259 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Wantage at risk of flooding?
14 of the 371 postcodes in Wantage 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 17 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium 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, 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
Which schools are in Wantage?
The open schools at the postcodes in Wantage. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Wantage?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wantage is Didcot Parkway Rail Station, 12.7 km away in a straight line.
- Didcot Parkway Rail Station Railway station 12.7 kmDrive
- Appleford Rail Station Railway station 13.7 kmDrive
- Culham Rail Station Railway station 14.7 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Wantage?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Wantage. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Church Street Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01235 770245 900 mWalk
- Newbury Street Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2026 · Phone 01235 639521 900 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Wantage safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 963 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wantage over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 66 September 2025
- 81 October 2025
- 83 November 2025
- 79 December 2025
- 81 January 2026
- 71 February 2026
- 67 March 2026
- 72 April 2026
- 64 May 2026
- 91 June 2026
- 98 July 2026
- 110 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 28, vehicle crime 22, theft from the person 7, possession of weapons 6, bicycle theft 5, robbery 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Wantage?
- District, borough or city council
- Vale of White Horse
- County council
- Oxfordshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
- Police force area
- Thames Valley
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Olly Glover (Liberal Democrat)
All 371 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Wantage
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Vale of White Horse about council tax Council tax, on whitehorsedc.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Wantage
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Wantage postcodes
371 postcodes in use in Wantage, by district:
That district is in the OX postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Wantage
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wantage's £335,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Wantage
- What is it like to live in Wantage?
- Homes sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.2% on the 12 months before. At 259 of the 358 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 17 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 371 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Didcot Parkway, 12.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Wantage?
- Wantage is covered by postcode district OX12, across 371 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Wantage in?
- Wantage is in the Vale of White Horse council area, and Oxfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Wantage?
- Wantage is in the Didcot and Wantage parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Olly Glover (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Wantage?
- Homes in Wantage sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 165 sales, down 8.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Wantage?
- In Wantage, primary schools at its postcodes include Wantage Church of England Primary School, Stockham Primary School and Fitzwaryn School; secondary schools at its postcodes include King Alfred's and Fitzwaryn School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Wantage have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wantage is Didcot Parkway, 12.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Wantage?
- Ofcom reports on 358 of the 371 postcodes in Wantage. At 259 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Wantage at risk of flooding?
- 14 of the 371 postcodes in Wantage 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 17 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Wantage?
- 36 of the 371 postcodes now in use in Wantage came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 52 of the 280 homes sold in Wantage were newly built (19%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OX12 district, 24%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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