Total Crime Rate

6.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 6.9 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bernwood 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bernwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wesley Lane
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sheep Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sheep Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sheep Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crumps Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sheep Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Withington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sheep Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sheep Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sheep Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Manorsfield Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manorsfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Street
Sep 2025Drugs Field Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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