Total Crime Rate

198.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 198.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.2 10/10
  • Public order 21.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.1 6/10
  • Drugs 10.9 8/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
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

Middleton Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 25th highest crime rate of 484 local areas in Cherwell .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Middleton Road (OX16 4QB) in the last 12 months was 198.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 108.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middleton Road (OX16 4QB), the main crime hotspot is near Duke Street. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Middleton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cherwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterperry Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Causway Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Moorfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tramway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Merton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Causway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Duke Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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