Postcode · Banbury
Crime in OX16 1UT
How much crime is recorded in OX16 1UT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Banbury Hardwick
- Council
- Cherwell
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,380 (2024)
OX16 1UTBanbury
How safe is OX16 1UT
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OX16 1UT area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
18.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
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 1UTNational
Violence and sexual offences13.723.6
Vehicle crime3.93.5
Burglary2.69.1
Anti-social behaviour2.510.7
Drugs1.52.4
Criminal damage and arson1.54.7
Public order1.34.6
Other theft0.84.5
Theft from the person0.52.1
Other crime0.41.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 19% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.