Total Crime Rate

95.7 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 95.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.9 9/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Axtell Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Kidlington East , and the 91st highest crime rate of 484 local areas in Cherwell .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Axtell Close (OX5 1TW) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Axtell Close (OX5 1TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Flatford Place, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Axtell Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Axtell Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernhill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Andersons Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Flatford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flatford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Ridings —
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Data Sources

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