Total Crime Rate
1700.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pioneer Way area has the highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bicester East , and the highest crime rate of 484 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 Pioneer Way (OX26 1DB) in the last 12 months was 1700.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1520.2% higher than the Bicester East average (105.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 388 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 12.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 302.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pioneer Way (OX26 1DB), 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 | Shoplifting | Haydock Road | 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 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Haydock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haydock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hereford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haydock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hereford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cartmel | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pioneer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fontwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fakenham Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pontefract Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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