Postcode sector · Banbury
Crime in OX16 6
How much crime is recorded in OX16 6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Cherwell
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 3,604 (2024)
How safe is OX16 6
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 28.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in OX16 6, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
54
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 6National
Violence and sexual offences24.523.6
Burglary8.69.1
Anti-social behaviour7.510.7
Public order5.44.6
Criminal damage and arson3.94.7
Other theft3.34.5
Drugs2.02.4
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Shoplifting1.58.4
Other crime1.31.5
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Robbery0.71.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 22% 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.
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Postcodes in this sector
- OX16 6EJ
- OX16 6HA
- OX16 6LB
- OX16 6LL
- OX16 6LP
- OX16 6LR
- OX16 6NY
- OX16 6QN
- OX16 6RE
- OX16 6RS
- OX16 6RU
- OX16 6RX
- OX16 6SA
- OX16 6SB
- OX16 6SD
- OX16 6SE
- OX16 6SF
- OX16 6SG
- OX16 6SH
- OX16 6SJ
- OX16 6SL
- OX16 6SN
- OX16 6SP
- OX16 6SQ
- OX16 6SR
- OX16 6SS
- OX16 6ST
- OX16 6SU
- OX16 6SW
- OX16 6SX
- OX16 6SY
- OX16 6SZ
- OX16 6TA
- OX16 6TB
- OX16 6TD
- OX16 6TE
- OX16 6TF
- OX16 6TG
- OX16 6TH
- OX16 6TJ
- OX16 6TQ
- OX16 6TW
- OX16 6TZ
- OX16 6UD
- OX16 6UE
- OX16 6UG
- OX16 6UH
- OX16 6ZY