Total Crime Rate
23.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middleton Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 108th 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 Middleton Road (OX16 4RD) in the last 12 months was 23.3 per 1,000 residents and was 86.5% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middleton Road (OX16 4RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Duke Street, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merton Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Junction Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manor Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | East Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Junction Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Grimsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Grimsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Grimsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Grimsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grimsbury Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Causway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Byeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winchester Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winchester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winchester Close | Under investigation |
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