Total Crime Rate
11.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yarrow Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote , and the 33rd lowest crime rate of 483 local areas in Cherwell .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Yarrow Road (OX15 4SN) in the last 12 months was 11.1 per 1,000 residents and was 70.8% lower 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 Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yarrow Road (OX15 4SN), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wheatley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Speedwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Speedwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Speedwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wheatley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wheatley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wheatley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonechat Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayfarings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Field View | — |
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