Crime Statistics for Blackthorn, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Blackthorn, Cherwell

There were a total of 31 street level crime incidents in Blackthorn in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackthorn, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime18
Other Crime12
Drugs1
All Crime31

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blackthorn. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Blackthorn

We've taken the ten nearest places to Blackthorn and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Blackthorn has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Bicester (3.1 miles)193
Launton (2.24 miles)47
Blackthorn31
Ray (1.02 miles)30
Upper Arncott (1.39 miles)29
Ambrosden (1.24 miles)8
Marsh Gibbon (2.78 miles)5
Little Marsh (3.1 miles)5
Lower Arncott (1.39 miles)4
Boarstall (3.11 miles)0

9.92%
of Launton and Otmoor residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Blackthorn?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Blackthorn and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Bicester65
Blackthorn18
Ray15
Upper Arncott14
Launton9
Ambrosden6
Lower Arncott2
Marsh Gibbon1
Little Marsh1
Boarstall0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Blackthorn?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Blackthorn to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Blackthorn compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackthorn and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Blackthorn is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Bicester West52
2Bicester East50
3Bicester South and Ambrosden44
4Forest Hill & Holton38
5Bicester North and Caversfield30
6Launton and Otmoor26
7Waddesdon17
8Grendon Underwood & Brill12
9Quainton6
10Marsh Gibbon5
11Oakley4

Which road in Blackthorn has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Blackthorn with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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