OX4 postcode area guide — Oxford
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the OX4 postcode district in Oxford — every official dataset on one page.
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Where is OX4?
Broadband & internet speeds in OX4
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
97.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
80.9%
Gigabit-capable
77.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the OX4 postcode district (Oxford) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 1,344 postcodes Ofcom measures in OX4, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 97.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 77.9%.
Around 0.1% of premises in OX4 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 OX4
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| OX4 1AA | 100% | 0% |
| OX4 1AB | 100% | 74.4% |
| OX4 1AD | 0% | 0% |
| OX4 1AE | 0% | 0% |
| OX4 1AF | 0% | 0% |
| OX4 1AG | 88.6% | 45.5% |
| OX4 1AH | 90.6% | 78.1% |
| OX4 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| OX4 1AP | 100% | 0% |
| OX4 1AQ | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Oxford
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Oxford district (69,310 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
84%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.5%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in OX4
Police recorded 316 incidents within about a mile of the centre of OX4 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 133 | 42.1% |
| Shoplifting | 40 | 12.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 35 | 11.1% |
| Public order | 23 | 7.3% |
| Other theft | 20 | 6.3% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 19 | 6.0% |
| Drugs | 17 | 5.4% |
| Bicycle theft | 12 | 3.8% |
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 OX4
Based on 405 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in OX4 is £420,000, up 7.4% on the previous year (£391,000).
Detached
£650,000
18 sales
Semi-detached
£445,000
123 sales
Terraced
£435,000
183 sales
Flat / maisonette
£265,000
69 sales
Latest recorded sales in OX4
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | £720,000 | Terraced | Denmark Street | OX4 1QS |
| 14 May 2026 | £475,000 | Semi-detached | Herschel Crescent | OX4 3TU |
| 14 May 2026 | £410,500 | Terraced | Bhandari Close | OX4 3DT |
| 14 May 2026 | £1,250,000 | Other | The Plain | OX4 1AS |
| 13 May 2026 | £369,000 | Semi-detached | Lakefield Road | OX4 4LZ |
| 8 May 2026 | £375,000 | Semi-detached | Alice Smith Square | OX4 4NG |
| 8 May 2026 | £445,000 | Semi-detached | Cricket Road | OX4 3DG |
| 6 May 2026 | £452,000 | Semi-detached | Bennett Crescent | OX4 2UW |
| 5 May 2026 | £620,000 | Terraced | Marston Street | OX4 1JU |
| 5 May 2026 | £418,000 | Terraced | Mogridge Drive | OX4 4QN |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Oxford demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Oxford district (162,040 residents, 55,239 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15.6% |
| 15–29 | 40% |
| 30–44 | 18.2% |
| 45–64 | 14.5% |
| 65+ | 11.7% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 45.3% |
| Private rented | 32.3% |
| Social rented | 7.5% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around OX4
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Spires Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,351 | OX4 2AU |
| The Oxford Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,062 | OX4 6JZ |
| Magdalen College School | Not applicable | 7–19 | 938 | OX4 1DZ |
| Greyfriars Catholic School | Secondary | 11–19 | 669 | OX4 3DR |
| Pegasus School | Primary | 2–11 | 479 | OX4 6RQ |
| Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 459 | OX4 3QH |
| Larkrise Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 434 | OX4 4AN |
| St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 399 | OX4 1TJ |
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 OX4
453 rated food businesses operate in OX4. 346 hold the top rating of 5, 43 are rated 4, and 12 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 7 Gates Damascus Cafe, Abbeyfield Oxford Society, ACOBSS/Sabbath Community Lunch, Active Future South Oxfordshire, Afghan Cuisine.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in OX4
From a sample of 195 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 OX4 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 54% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
2%
Band B
3%
Band C
50%
Band D
39%
Band E
6%
Band F
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 Oxford
Landlines around OX4 typically use:
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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.