Total Crime Rate
11.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elton Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 36th lowest crime rate of 483 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 Elton Road (OX16 9UB) in the last 12 months was 11.9 per 1,000 residents and was 93.1% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elton Road (OX16 9UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wheatley Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Hawthorns | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wheatley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wheatley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wheatley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wheatley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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