Total Crime Rate
122.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kings End area has the 5th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Bicester East , and the 64th 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 Kings End (OX26 6DR) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings End (OX26 6DR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crockwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Wesley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wesley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Field Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crockwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queens Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | B4100 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manorsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Place Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crockwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manorsfield Road | Under investigation |
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