Crime Rates at Hightown Road, Banbury, OX16 9XT

Hightown Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Banbury Cross and Neithrop , and the 27th 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 9XT) in the last 12 months was 195.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.5% higher 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 Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hightown Road (OX16 9XT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 212 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.