Postcode · Banbury
Crime in OX16 0SE
How much crime is recorded in OX16 0SE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Banbury Ruscote
- Council
- Cherwell
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,311 (2024)
OX16 0SEBanbury
How safe is OX16 0SE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 34.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OX16 0SE area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
63
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
OX16 0SENational
Violence and sexual offences31.923.6
Anti-social behaviour7.810.7
Public order7.24.6
Other crime5.21.5
Criminal damage and arson4.54.7
Other theft2.14.5
Burglary2.09.1
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Drugs1.02.4
Robbery0.61.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 24% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
80
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.