Total Crime Rate

92.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.7 9/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 4/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Abbey Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Banbury Ruscote , and the 100th 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 Abbey Road (OX16 0HQ) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% higher than the Banbury Ruscote average (80.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbey Road (OX16 0HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbey Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Admiral Holland Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Abbey Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Admiral Holland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sinclair Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penrose Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sinclair Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sinclair Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sinclair Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Miller Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Admiral Holland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Admiral Holland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prescott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Admiral Holland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Donaldson Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Sinclair Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery B4100 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cromwell Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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