Total Crime Rate
509.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Banbury Road area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Cutteslowe & Sunnymead , and the 15th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Banbury Road (OX2 7HQ) in the last 12 months was 509.8 per 1,000 residents and was 822.9% higher than the Cutteslowe & Sunnymead average (55.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 176.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Banbury Road (OX2 7HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Mayfield Road. Police recorded 100 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cutteslowe & Sunnymead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stratfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Banbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ewert Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A4165 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mayfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mayfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Pool Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Summerfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Summerfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Rogers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferry Pool Road | — |
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