Total Crime Rate

136.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

89.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 136.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 89.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Evenlode 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.

Crime Over Time in Evenlode area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Danesmoor Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Danesmoor
Apr 2026Other theft Woodfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evenlode Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Danesmoor Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Danesmoor Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Danesmoor Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chetwode
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Evenlode Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evenlode Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evenlode Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Portway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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