Total Crime Rate

8.1 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 8.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Britannia Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 484 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 Britannia Road (OX16 5EJ) in the last 12 months was 8.1 per 1,000 residents and was 95.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

In the area around Britannia Road (OX16 5EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 170 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Britannia Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Amos Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Calthorpe Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Amos Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Parr Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paxmans Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Valley Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Parr Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Amos Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amos Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson George Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Broad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street —
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Data Sources

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