Total Crime Rate

90.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 5/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hightown Road area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 104th highest crime rate of 484 local areas in Cherwell .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hightown Road (OX16 9BY) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 47.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 131.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hightown Road (OX16 9BY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 170 crimes here, including 21 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 Hightown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foscote Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbold Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Valley Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tramway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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