Total Crime Rate

92.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

35.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.4 7/10
  • Violent crimes 35.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.3 7/10
  • Drugs 29.9 10/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

School View area has the 40th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 96th highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Cherwell .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around School View (OX16 4SD) in the last 12 months was 92.4 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around School View (OX16 4SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Duke Street, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fulwell Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in School View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alma Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Duke Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Duke Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Duke Street
Apr 2026Public order Duke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winchester Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Winchester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Alma Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Levenot Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Junction Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Junction Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Junction Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Winchester Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Winchester Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winchester Close
Apr 2026Other theft Merton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Levenot Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winchester Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alma Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middleton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order East Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order East Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorfield Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting East Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Verney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Verney Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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