Total Crime Rate
9.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Middleton Cheney , and the 49th lowest crime rate of 1,265 local areas in West Northamptonshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around This (OX17 2DE) in the last 12 months was 9.8 per 1,000 residents and was 72.5% lower than the Middleton Cheney average (35.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , 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.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode OX17 2DE, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park/Open Space, where police recorded 1 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kieldsen Close (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middleton Cheney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kieldsen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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