Crime Rates at Wayfarings, Bodicote, Banbury, OX15 4SL

Wayfarings area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Cherwell .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wayfarings (OX15 4SL) in the last 12 months was 136.1 per 1,000 residents and was 257.6% higher than the Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote average (38.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wayfarings (OX15 4SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Speedwell Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merlin Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.