Total Crime Rate

11.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 11.0 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Benmead Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Kidlington East , and the 41st 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 Benmead Road (OX5 2DA) in the last 12 months was 11.0 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% lower than the Kidlington East average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Benmead Road (OX5 2DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Watts Way, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadow View (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Benmead Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow View Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sterling Road Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meadow View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Meadow View Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow View Under investigation
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Data Sources

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