Total Crime Rate

653.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 653.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 340.3 10/10
  • Public order 86.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.9 9/10
  • Other theft 23.9 10/10
  • Other crime 14.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.0 9/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
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

Windrush area has the 5th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 8th highest crime rate of 484 local areas in Cherwell .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Windrush (OX16 1PN) in the last 12 months was 653.7 per 1,000 residents and was 276.6% higher than the Banbury Cross and Neithrop average (173.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 114 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 173.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windrush (OX16 1PN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Banbury Cross and Neithrop

Crime Over Time in Windrush area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woodfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hearthway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order A422 Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

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