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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/ox

House prices in the OX postcode area, Oxford

Homes in the OX postcode area sold for a median of £400,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 16,645 standard sales.

That is 4% above the £383,000 median for the South East, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£400,00016,645 standard sales
Middle half of prices£310,000 to £535,000
Change since 2016+23%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 23%, from £325,000 in 2016 to £400,000 in 2025, among the smallest tenth of rises across the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales.

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was OX2 (Oxford), at £597,500, and the cheapest was OX16 (Banbury), at £300,000.

The next dearest were OX20 (Woodstock) and OX7 (Chipping Norton), and the next cheapest OX28 (Witney) and OX26 (Bicester).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the OX area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the OX area, by number of sales: Oxford (OX1, OX2, OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44), Banbury (OX15, OX16, OX17), Bicester (OX25, OX26, OX27), Abingdon (OX13, OX14), Witney (OX28, OX29), Didcot (OX11), Wantage (OX12), Wallingford (OX10), Carterton (OX18), Chipping Norton (OX7), Kidlington (OX5), Thame (OX9), and 3 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. OX2Oxford, 920 sales£597,500£6,450+3%
  2. OX20Woodstock, 145 sales£536,500Too fewToo few
  3. OX7Chipping Norton, 685 sales£495,000£4,586+18%
  4. OX1Oxford, 347 sales£485,000Too few+2%
  5. OX33Oxford, 146 sales£470,500Too fewToo few
  6. OX13Abingdon, 369 sales£455,000Too few+4%
  7. OX9Thame, 478 sales£453,500Too few+2%
  8. OX10Wallingford, 842 sales£450,000£4,703+1%
  9. OX39Chinnor, 237 sales£450,000Too few+8%
  10. OX3Oxford, 758 sales£445,000£5,233−5%
  11. OX29Witney, 665 sales£440,000£4,594+1%
  12. OX15Banbury, 570 sales£435,000Too few+4%
  13. OX44Oxford, 193 sales£435,000Too few+2%
  14. OX17Banbury, 494 sales£425,000£4,330−1%
  15. OX25Bicester, 404 sales£420,500Too few+1%
  16. OX27Bicester, 226 sales£405,000Too few−4%
  17. OX4Oxford, 948 sales£400,000£4,780+1%
  18. OX5Kidlington, 513 sales£400,000Too few+3%
  19. OX14Abingdon, 1,262 sales£385,000£4,3100%
  20. OX11Didcot, 1,381 sales£378,000£4,350+1%
  21. OX18Carterton, 769 sales£369,000£4,033+6%
  22. OX12Wantage, 1,024 sales£361,500£4,033−2%
  23. OX26Bicester, 1,013 sales£341,000£4,519+5%
  24. OX28Witney, 759 sales£340,000£4,465+3%
  25. OX16Banbury, 1,399 sales£300,000£3,693+2%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: OX49 £462k (98 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in OX7 (Chipping Norton), up 18%, and fell most in OX3 (Headington), down 5%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Woodstock Road, Oxford (OX2, £1,200,000), Stour View, Sibford Ferris (OX15, £1,070,000) and Jack Straws Lane, Headington (OX3, £940,000).

The cheapest were Wessex Way, Bicester (OX26, flats, £100,000), Britannia Road, Banbury (OX16, flats, £107,500) and School Lane, Banbury (OX16, flats, £110,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include HP (Hemel Hempstead), NN (Northampton), CV (Coventry), RG (Reading) and SN (Swindon).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the OX area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached5,045£550,000£450,000 to £730,000£4,492/m²from 197 sales
Semi-detached5,168£390,000£330,000 to £470,000£4,563/m²from 202 sales
Terraced4,182£340,000£285,000 to £420,000£4,286/m²from 137 sales
Flats and maisonettes2,250£235,000£183,000 to £315,000£4,182/m²from 61 sales

Semi-detached houses and detached houses sold in similar numbers in the OX area, at 31% and 30% of sales.

Council areas in the OX postcode area

Within OX, the median ran from £355,000 in Cherwell to £450,000 in Oxford, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the OX area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in OXMedian in OXWhole council area
Cherwell4,232£355,000£355,500
Vale of White Horse3,385£400,000£397,500
South Oxfordshire3,089£418,000£450,000
West Oxfordshire3,007£395,000£395,000
Oxford2,516£450,000£450,000
West Northamptonshire299£400,000£300,000
Stratford-on-Avon48£383,000£370,000
Buckinghamshire36£537,500£460,000
Cotswold30£650,000£450,000
1 other council area2Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The OX figures come from 16,645 standard sales in 26 postcode districts across 10 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was OX16 (Banbury), with 1,399 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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