Crime Statistics for Cherwell, Oxfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 60 street level crime incidents in Cherwell in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Shoplifting	17
Violent Crime	15
Public Order	6
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Other Theft	5
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Drugs	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Burglary	1
All Crime	60

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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 Cherwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Kidlington (0.64 miles)	67
Gosford (0.64 miles)	67
Cherwell	60
Hampton Poyle (0.93 miles)	32
Water Eaton (1.15 miles)	20
Hampton Gay (1.95 miles)	13
Shipton-on-Cherwell (1.95 miles)	13
Begbroke (1.82 miles)	6
Bletchingdon (2.18 miles)	6
Islip (1.34 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Cherwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Kidlington	24
Gosford	24
Cherwell	15
Hampton Poyle	12
Water Eaton	7
Hampton Gay	6
Shipton-on-Cherwell	6
Begbroke	1
Bletchingdon	1
Islip	1

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

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 Cherwell 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 Cherwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cherwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cherwell is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Barton and Sandhills	56
2	Jericho and Osney	46
3	Wolvercote	44
4	Marston	35
5	Summertown	27
6	Kidlington West	23
7	Kidlington East	20
8	St Margaret's	17
9	North	17
10	Headington Hill and Northway	16
11	Freeland and Hanborough	1

Which road in Cherwell has the highest level of crime?

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