Does OX16 flood?

Yes — parts of the OX16 district carry real flood risk: 28 of its 89 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The OX16 postcode district sits close to Banbury, Bodicote, Cropredy and surrounding villages in parts of Oxfordshire and West Northamptonshire.

89 postcodes in the OX16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 28 high, 1 medium, 31 low, 29 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 OX16 postcodes are at risk?

OX16 1TG up to High OX16 1TN up to High OX16 2AA up to High OX16 2DJ up to High OX16 2DX up to High OX16 2PA up to High OX16 2PP up to High OX16 2PQ up to High OX16 2SN up to High OX16 2SP up to High OX16 2SX up to High OX16 3AB up to High OX16 3JJ up to High OX16 3NN up to High OX16 3QN up to High OX16 5AB up to High OX16 5AL up to High OX16 5AY up to High OX16 5PN up to High OX16 5QB up to High OX16 5QD up to High OX16 5QE up to High OX16 5QF up to High OX16 5TB up to High OX16 5TD up to High OX16 5UN up to High OX16 5UP up to High OX16 5UW up to High OX16 9UX up to Medium OX16 1EH up to Low OX16 1RH up to Low OX16 1SP up to Low OX16 1TH up to Low OX16 1TQ up to Low OX16 2BB up to Low OX16 2RR up to Low OX16 2SD up to Low OX16 3JU up to Low OX16 3JZ up to Low OX16 4AA up to Low OX16 4AJ up to Low OX16 4QG up to Low OX16 4RN up to Low OX16 4SP up to Low OX16 4UZ up to Low OX16 4XD up to Low OX16 5AJ up to Low OX16 5AP up to Low OX16 5AQ up to Low OX16 5AS up to Low OX16 5AU up to Low OX16 5AX up to Low OX16 5BG up to Low OX16 5FA up to Low OX16 5PH up to Low OX16 5QW up to Low OX16 5TA up to Low OX16 5TE up to Low OX16 5TU up to Low OX16 5TY up to Low OX16 1TR up to Very low OX16 3HA up to Very low OX16 3HB up to Very low OX16 3HD up to Very low OX16 3HE up to Very low OX16 3HF up to Very low OX16 3HG up to Very low OX16 3HH up to Very low OX16 3HJ up to Very low OX16 3HQ up to Very low OX16 3JA up to Very low OX16 3LH up to Very low OX16 3ND up to Very low OX16 3NF up to Very low OX16 3QH up to Very low OX16 3QL up to Very low OX16 3QP up to Very low OX16 3QR up to Very low OX16 3RL up to Very low OX16 3TX up to Very low OX16 3TY up to Very low OX16 3WB up to Very low OX16 3WH up to Very low OX16 3WJ up to Very low OX16 3WL up to Very low OX16 3WN up to Very low OX16 4QJ up to Very low OX16 4RG up to Very low OX16 5BH up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near OX16

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

109 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (17 at warning level or above), most recently 16 February 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

OX15 OX17 OX14 OX18 OX13 OX12 OX20 OX11

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.