Total Crime Rate

99.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.2 7/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Old School Place area has the 37th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 484 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 Old School Place (OX16 4UB) in the last 12 months was 99.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.0% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old School Place (OX16 4UB), 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.

View Crime In Banbury Cross and Neithrop

Crime Over Time in Old School Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Causeway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burchester Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leonard'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old School Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Levenot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Moorfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Levenot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Levenot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Causeway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Causeway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Causeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Causway Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Merton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thorpe Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fulwell Close

Data Sources

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