Total Crime Rate

28.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 28.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

The Fairway area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Banbury Ruscote , and the 154th lowest crime rate of 484 local areas in Cherwell .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Fairway (OX16 0RW) in the last 12 months was 28.8 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Fairway (OX16 0RW), the main crime hotspot is near Prescott Avenue. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Fairway area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prescott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sinclair Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Sinclair Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sinclair Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sinclair Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sinclair Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hastings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prescott Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prescott Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cherry Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Austin Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hastings Close —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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