Total Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brunswick Place area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 177th lowest crime rate of 483 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 Brunswick Place (OX16 3RL) in the last 12 months was 32.9 per 1,000 residents and was 80.9% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brunswick Place (OX16 3RL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mckeevor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cockington Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Junction Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broome Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fraser Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fergusson Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Junction Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marshall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marshall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marshall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfield Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cockington Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fergusson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Grimsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Grimsbury Road | Under investigation |
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