Crime Rate in Kidlington East, ward

Kidlington East has the 8th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Cherwell district and the 3324th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 633rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Kidlington East in the last 12 months was 58.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Cherwell district average (74.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Kidlington East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 221 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 93.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 273 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Kidlington East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 101 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Oxford Road (25 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.