Total Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bernwood Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Bicester East , and the 3rd 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 Bernwood Road (OX26 6RT) in the last 12 months was 3.5 per 1,000 residents and was 96.8% 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bernwood Road (OX26 6RT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sheep Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manorsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | B4100 | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manorsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sheep Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sheep Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sheep Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sheep Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sheep Street | Under investigation |
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