Total Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Keble Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Bicester East , and the 38th lowest crime rate of 483 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 Keble Road (OX26 4TP) in the last 12 months was 12.4 per 1,000 residents and was 88.5% lower than the Bicester East average (107.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keble Road (OX26 4TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wadham Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Somerville Drive (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keble Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hertford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Somerville Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wadham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerville Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Annes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampden Close | — |
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