Total Crime Rate
6.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bernwood Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bicester East , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 484 local areas in Cherwell .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bernwood Road (OX26 6RT) in the last 12 months was 6.9 per 1,000 residents and was 93.4% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bernwood Road (OX26 6RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Square (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bicester East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wesley Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sheep Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sheep Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sheep Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crumps Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sheep Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Withington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sheep Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sheep Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sheep Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manorsfield Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manorsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Field Street | Under investigation |
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