Total Crime Rate
136.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Evenlode area has the 25th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 483 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 Evenlode (OX16 1PG) in the last 12 months was 136.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.0% lower than the Banbury Cross and Neithrop average (172.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 89.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Evenlode (OX16 1PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Evenlode (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danesmoor | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Danesmoor | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danesmoor | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danesmoor | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danesmoor | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chetwode | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Evenlode | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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