Total Crime Rate
90.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Whitelands Way area has the 9th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bicester East , and the 104th 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 Whitelands Way (OX26 1AJ) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% lower than the Bicester East average (105.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 266.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitelands Way (OX26 1AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hereford Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bicester East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cartmel | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Haydock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hereford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haydock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haydock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pioneer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fakenham Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hereford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haydock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fontwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pontefract Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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