Total Crime Rate

46.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 46.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.5 5/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kingfisher Way area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bicester East , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 484 local areas in Cherwell .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingfisher Way (OX26 6YD) in the last 12 months was 46.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.9% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingfisher Way (OX26 6YD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kestrel Way, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Martin Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kingfisher Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Hawksmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingfisher Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Turnstone Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Jay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pipits Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Swallow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goldcrest Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martin Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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