Total Crime Rate
99.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buckingham Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Bicester North and Caversfield , and the 85th highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Cherwell .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buckingham Road (OX26 3EX) in the last 12 months was 99.1 per 1,000 residents and was 144.5% higher than the Bicester North and Caversfield average (40.5 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 333.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckingham Road (OX26 3EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holm Way, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brashfield Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holm Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fair Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lime Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerville Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Somerville Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wadham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holm Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Annes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Avenue | Under investigation |
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