Total Crime Rate
316.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Evenlode area has the 9th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 14th 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 Evenlode (OX16 1PQ) in the last 12 months was 316.3 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 61.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 115.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Evenlode (OX16 1PQ), 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longelandes Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | B4100 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Longelandes Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woodfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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