Total Crime Rate

562.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

459.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 562.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 459.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 429.2 10/10
  • Other crime 47.2 10/10
  • Public order 21.5 9/10
  • Other theft 17.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Willow Brook area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bicester North and Caversfield , and the 9th highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Cherwell .

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 Willow Brook (OX25 1AD) in the last 12 months was 562.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1339.8% higher than the Bicester North and Caversfield average (39.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -87.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 107 (≈ 459.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1616.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willow Brook (OX25 1AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willowbrook, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ploughley Road (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Willow Brook area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Willowbrook Under investigation

Data Sources

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