Total Crime Rate

96.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.0 8/10
  • Other theft 18.6 9/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hardwick Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Kidlington East , and the 88th highest crime rate of 484 local areas in Cherwell .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hardwick Avenue (OX5 1BH) in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 65.1% higher than the Kidlington East average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -6.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 63.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hardwick Avenue (OX5 1BH), the main crime hotspot is near Oxford Road. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hardwick Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Magnolia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Magnolia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Holy Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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