Total Crime Rate
17.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookway area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Eynsham and Cassington , and the 60th lowest crime rate of 354 local areas in West Oxfordshire .
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 Brookway (OX29 8DA) in the last 12 months was 17.2 per 1,000 residents and was 62.6% lower than the Eynsham and Cassington average (46.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookway (OX29 8DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pittick Close, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Witney Road (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Freeland and Hanborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pittick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pittick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hurdeswell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hurdeswell | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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