OX3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Oxford, Headington and New Marston, in Oxford.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an OX3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In OX3, 81.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How OX3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is OX3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in OX3 at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 303 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in OX3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,347), other crime (843) and anti-social behaviour (382).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in OX3 was 78.3 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in OX3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX3 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in OX3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford 004A | 1,822 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.7% |
| Oxford 004B | 1,984 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| Oxford 004C | 1,957 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Oxford 004D | 1,570 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.1% |
| Oxford 005A | 2,601 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.0% |
| Oxford 005B | 1,584 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.1% |
| Oxford 005C | 2,416 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| Oxford 005D | 1,793 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.7% |
| Oxford 006A | 1,239 | 289.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| Oxford 006B | 2,171 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.1% |
| Oxford 006C | 1,443 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.7% |
| Oxford 006D | 1,836 | 172.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 62.8% |
| Oxford 006E | 2,114 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| Oxford 006F | 2,314 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 61.7% |
| Oxford 007A | 1,741 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.6% |
| Oxford 007B | 1,653 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.6% |
| Oxford 007C | 1,869 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| Oxford 007D | 1,769 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| Oxford 007E | 1,436 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.0% |
| Oxford 010A | 1,605 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 46.3% |
| Oxford 010B | 1,744 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.1% |
| Oxford 010C | 2,036 | 113.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.5% |
| Oxford 010D | 2,236 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 30.6% |
| Oxford 020A | 1,897 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Oxford 020B | 2,722 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.6% |
| South Oxfordshire 002A | 1,527 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.2% |
MPs for OX3
- Anneliese DoddsLabour (Co-op)MP for Oxford East93% of OX3’s postcodes
- Freddie van MierloLiberal DemocratMP for Henley and Thame6.2% of OX3’s postcodes
- Calum MillerLiberal DemocratMP for Bicester and Woodstock0.7% of OX3’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in OX36
Postcode sectors in OX35
Council1
Towns in OX31
Postcode districts next to OX35
Nearest rail stations3
More in the OX postcode area2
OX3 in brief
OX3 is a postcode district covering Oxford, Headington and New Marston, in Oxford.
About 48,179 people lived in OX3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £440,000 in 2025 across 441 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in OX3 was £440,000 in 2025.
OX3 had 47,634 usual residents at the census.
In OX3, 81.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In OX3, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.