Total Crime Rate
279.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
186.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Edinburgh Way area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Banbury Ruscote , and the 18th 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 Edinburgh Way (OX16 0PF) in the last 12 months was 279.1 per 1,000 residents and was 258.2% higher than the Banbury Ruscote average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (β 186.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edinburgh Way (OX16 0PF), the main crime hotspot is near Dover Avenue. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glamis Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highclere Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highclere Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highclere Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highclere Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highclere Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Appleby Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Appleby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glamis Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bretch Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bretch Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bretch Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bretch Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glamis Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glamis Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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