Total Crime Rate

92.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.5 7/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Buckingham Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bicester East , and the 99th highest crime rate of 484 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 6EG) in the last 12 months was 92.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% lower than the Bicester East average (105.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckingham Road (OX26 6EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Field Street (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buckingham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crumps Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Field Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Street
Sep 2025Other theft North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Withington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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