OX15 postcode area guide — Cherwell
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the OX15 postcode district in Cherwell — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in OX15
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
92.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
78.6%
Gigabit-capable
77.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.7%
Broadband availability in the OX15 postcode district (Cherwell) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 824 postcodes Ofcom measures in OX15, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 92.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 77.8%.
Around 0.7% of premises in OX15 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in OX15
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| OX15 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| OX15 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| OX15 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| OX15 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| OX15 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| OX15 0AG | 0% | 0% |
| OX15 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| OX15 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| OX15 0LA | 100% | 100% |
| OX15 0NA | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Cherwell
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Cherwell district (76,321 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
82.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.2%
5G outdoors — all networks
65.9%
Voice indoors — all networks
87.5%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in OX15
Police recorded 1 incidents within about a mile of the centre of OX15 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 100.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in OX15
Based on 254 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in OX15 is £435,000, up 5.6% on the previous year (£412,000).
Detached
£512,500
115 sales
Semi-detached
£360,000
66 sales
Terraced
£318,500
61 sales
Flat / maisonette
£135,000
7 sales
Latest recorded sales in OX15
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2026 | £925,000 | Detached | Oxford Road | OX15 4AE |
| 26 May 2026 | £840,000 | Detached | Moor Lane | OX15 4JQ |
| 21 May 2026 | £399,950 | Terraced | Gullivers Close | OX15 6DY |
| 15 May 2026 | £720,000 | Detached | Rectory Lane | OX15 5HY |
| 15 May 2026 | £272,500 | Terraced | Winters Way | OX15 4QS |
| 13 May 2026 | £260,000 | Terraced | Wykham Lane | OX15 4BW |
| 8 May 2026 | £560,000 | Detached | The Bourne | OX15 5PB |
| 7 May 2026 | £560,000 | Semi-detached | Flux Drive | OX15 0AF |
| 7 May 2026 | £615,000 | Detached | Hopcraft Lane | OX15 0TD |
| 7 May 2026 | £300,000 | Detached | Featherbow Lane | OX15 6DS |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Cherwell demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Cherwell district (161,012 residents, 65,893 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18.9% |
| 15–29 | 23.2% |
| 30–44 | 20.8% |
| 45–64 | 19.7% |
| 65+ | 17.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 65% |
| Private rented | 19.8% |
| Social rented | 11.1% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around OX15
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Warriner School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,553 | OX15 4LJ |
| Bloxham School | Not applicable | 11–19 | 583 | OX15 4PE |
| Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 425 | OX15 4BN |
| Sibford School | Not applicable | 3–18 | 382 | OX15 5QL |
| Bloxham Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 320 | OX15 4HP |
| Longford Park Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 314 | OX15 4FU |
| Hook Norton Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 271 | OX15 5JS |
| Deddington Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 212 | OX15 0TJ |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in OX15
123 rated food businesses operate in OX15. 98 hold the top rating of 5, 16 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: All The Good Stuff Ltd, Ampersand, Asda Express PFS Banbury, Baldwin News, Banbury RFC Ltd.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in OX15
From a sample of 253 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 OX15 postcodes, the most common rating is band B (average band C). 57% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
5%
Band B
38%
Band C
15%
Band D
25%
Band E
13%
Band F
4%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Cherwell
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.