Crime Statistics for Hampton Poyle, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 33 street level crime incidents in Hampton Poyle 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	15
Violent Crime	6
Public Order	6
Other Theft	2
Burglary	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	33

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 Hampton Poyle. 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 Hampton Poyle

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Kidlington (1.39 miles)	63
Gosford (1.39 miles)	63
Cherwell (0.93 miles)	60
Hampton Poyle	33
Hampton Gay (1.39 miles)	18
Shipton-on-Cherwell (1.39 miles)	18
Water Eaton (1.96 miles)	9
Gibraltar (1.76 miles)	6
Bletchingdon (1.24 miles)	6
Islip (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Hampton Poyle?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Kidlington	15
Gosford	15
Cherwell	15
Hampton Gay	10
Shipton-on-Cherwell	10
Hampton Poyle	6
Water Eaton	2
Gibraltar	2
Bletchingdon	1
Islip	0

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

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 Hampton Poyle 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 Hampton Poyle compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hampton Poyle and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hampton Poyle is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Jericho and Osney	46
2	Wolvercote	44
3	Marston	35
4	Summertown	27
5	Kidlington West	23
6	Kidlington East	20
7	St Margaret's	17
8	North	17
9	Woodstock and Bladon	6
10	Stonesfield and Tackley	2
11	Freeland and Hanborough	1

Which road in Hampton Poyle has the highest level of crime?

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