Total Crime Rate

58.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 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 58.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.6 1/10
  • Robbery 1.6 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Plumpton Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bicester North and Caversfield , and the 175th highest crime rate of 484 local areas in Cherwell .

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 Plumpton Road (OX26 1AQ) in the last 12 months was 58.0 per 1,000 residents and was 48.1% higher than the Bicester North and Caversfield average (39.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plumpton Road (OX26 1AQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Plumpton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fontwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hereford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hereford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pontefract Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Catterick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aintree Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cartmel Under investigation

Data Sources

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