Total Crime Rate
92.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026School Row 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 Row (OX16 4SR) 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 Row (OX16 4SR), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Verney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Causway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | East Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Junction Road | 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 | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Close | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchester Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Levenot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Levenot Close | Under investigation |
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