BIRD CLOSE, OX16 0DF House Prices & Local Information

OX16 0DF is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Bird Close, 0.1km from Boxhedge in Banbury. Administratively it sits within Banbury Cross and Neithrop ward and the Banbury constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, OX16 0DF is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. By day, the area transitions to a teachers and carers in metro suburbs character: ethnically mixed workforce primarily in care and education. With residents averaging 34 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 72% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 40 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £145k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for OX16 0DF are sourced from Output Area E00144962 (shared with 9 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.