Total Crime Rate

762.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 762.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 406.4 10/10
  • Public order 100.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 45.7 8/10
  • Other theft 41.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 18.3 10/10
  • Robbery 18.3 10/10
  • Burglary 13.7 9/10
  • Drugs 13.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Horse Fair area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 6th highest crime rate of 484 local areas in Cherwell .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Horse Fair (OX16 0AE) in the last 12 months was 762.6 per 1,000 residents and was 339.3% higher than the Banbury Cross and Neithrop average (173.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 119 (≈ 543.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Horse Fair (OX16 0AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Police Station, where police recorded 148 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (92 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Horse Fair area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Monument Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Monument Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person South Bar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Bar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery West Bar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calthorpe Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Bar Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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