Total Crime Rate
171.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Conway Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Banbury Ruscote , and the 37th 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 Conway Drive (OX16 0QW) in the last 12 months was 171.4 per 1,000 residents and was 114.4% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 59.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Conway Drive (OX16 0QW), the main crime hotspot is near Dover Avenue. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Banbury Ruscote| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chepstow Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kenilworth Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bretch Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bretch Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bretch Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bretch Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bretch Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Arundel Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thornbury Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlech Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornbury Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bretch Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Conway Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornbury Rise | Under investigation |
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