Total Crime Rate

55.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Banbury Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Cutteslowe & Sunnymead , and the 165th lowest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Banbury Road (OX2 7RW) in the last 12 months was 55.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% lower than the Cutteslowe & Sunnymead average (55.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Banbury Road (OX2 7RW), the main crime hotspot is near Hawksmoor Road. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Banbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour David Walter Close —
Sep 2025Public order Hawksmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wentworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft David Walter Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime David Walter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hernes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft The Paddox Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawksmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hernes Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Riddell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawksmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawksmoor Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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