Does OX12 flood?

Yes — parts of the OX12 district carry real flood risk: 39 of its 87 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The OX12 postcode district covers Grove North, Ridgeway, Steventon & the Hanneys, close to Wantage, Letcombe Regis, Charney Bassett, and surrounding villages in parts of Oxfordshire and West Berkshire.

87 postcodes in the OX12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 39 high, 7 medium, 27 low, 14 very low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which OX12 postcodes are at risk?

OX12 0AA up to High OX12 0AF up to High OX12 0AN up to High OX12 0AW up to High OX12 0ED up to High OX12 0FE up to High OX12 0GY up to High OX12 0HD up to High OX12 0JJ up to High OX12 0JL up to High OX12 0LF up to High OX12 7EZ up to High OX12 7HU up to High OX12 7JL up to High OX12 7JN up to High OX12 7JY up to High OX12 7LD up to High OX12 7LF up to High OX12 7LH up to High OX12 7LJ up to High OX12 7LU up to High OX12 7QG up to High OX12 8PD up to High OX12 8PN up to High OX12 8PY up to High OX12 8RJ up to High OX12 9AB up to High OX12 9AN up to High OX12 9EH up to High OX12 9FB up to High OX12 9FU up to High OX12 9GW up to High OX12 9JD up to High OX12 9JP up to High OX12 9JR up to High OX12 9JS up to High OX12 9LD up to High OX12 9TL up to High OX12 9TN up to High OX12 0BT up to Medium OX12 0DQ up to Medium OX12 0EQ up to Medium OX12 0HJ up to Medium OX12 8QF up to Medium OX12 9PZ up to Medium OX12 9TX up to Medium OX12 0EF up to Low OX12 0EN up to Low OX12 0EP up to Low OX12 0EY up to Low OX12 0HA up to Low OX12 0HB up to Low OX12 0HG up to Low OX12 0HL up to Low OX12 0HN up to Low OX12 0HP up to Low OX12 0HQ up to Low OX12 0HU up to Low OX12 0JN up to Low OX12 7FA up to Low OX12 7HY up to Low OX12 7JP up to Low OX12 7JT up to Low OX12 7JZ up to Low OX12 7LT up to Low OX12 8RN up to Low OX12 9AP up to Low OX12 9FJ up to Low OX12 9GF up to Low OX12 9GZ up to Low OX12 9JY up to Low OX12 9LL up to Low OX12 9QY up to Low OX12 0BP up to Very low OX12 0BX up to Very low OX12 0EG up to Very low OX12 7DP up to Very low OX12 7FG up to Very low OX12 7FN up to Very low OX12 7FQ up to Very low OX12 9AQ up to Very low OX12 9FD up to Very low OX12 9GT up to Very low OX12 9JA up to Very low OX12 9JU up to Very low OX12 9NZ up to Very low OX12 9XN up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near OX12

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

179 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (7 at warning level or above), most recently 16 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.