Total Crime Rate

119.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 119.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 35.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lime Crescent area has the 8th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bicester North and Caversfield , and the 61st 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 Lime Crescent (OX26 3XJ) in the last 12 months was 119.5 per 1,000 residents and was 205.3% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 88.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Crescent (OX26 3XJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holm Way, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fair Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lime Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holm Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fair Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Holm Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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