Total Crime Rate

1700.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 1700.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 1037.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 205.9 10/10
  • Other theft 157.8 10/10
  • Public order 85.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 37.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 37.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.7 10/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Other crime 10.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
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

Priory Road area has the highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bicester East , and the 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 Priory Road (OX26 6ET) in the last 12 months was 1700.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1520.2% higher than the Bicester East average (105.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 388 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 12.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 302.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (OX26 6ET), the main crime hotspot is near Market Square. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Causeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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