Total Crime Rate

170.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 170.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Burglary 2.2 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

Edmunds Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Banbury Ruscote , and the 38th 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 Edmunds Road (OX16 0PP) in the last 12 months was 170.0 per 1,000 residents and was 112.7% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 123.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edmunds Road (OX16 0PP), the main crime hotspot is near Kenilworth Way. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Edmunds Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Arundel Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prescott Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Edmunds Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Edmunds Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fiennes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenilworth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenilworth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenilworth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenilworth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kenilworth Way
Sep 2025Public order Goulds Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conway Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Conway Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prescott Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conway Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edmunds Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chepstow Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lidsey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harlech Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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