Crime Statistics for Highfield, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 206 street level crime incidents in Highfield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Highfield, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	66
Shoplifting	55
Public Order	18
Criminal Damage Arson	17
Other Theft	14
Other Crime	8
Vehicle Crime	7
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Drugs	4
Theft From The Person	4
Bicycle Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Burglary	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	206

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 Highfield. 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 Highfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bicester (0.88 miles)	215
Highfield	206
Launton (1.96 miles)	43
Caversfield (1.39 miles)	39
Chesterton (1.39 miles)	35
Little Chesterton (2.24 miles)	8
Bainton (1.96 miles)	7
Stratton Audley (2.63 miles)	2
Bucknell (1.39 miles)	0
Ardley (3.1 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Highfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bicester	68
Highfield	66
Launton	15
Caversfield	15
Chesterton	15
Little Chesterton	3
Bainton	3
Stratton Audley	1
Bucknell	0
Ardley	0

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

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 Highfield 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 Highfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Highfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Highfield have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Stonesfield and Tackley.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bicester West	52
2	Bicester East	50
3	Bicester South and Ambrosden	44
4	Bicester North and Caversfield	30
5	Fringford and Heyfords	27
6	Launton and Otmoor	26
7	Kidlington West	23
8	Grendon Underwood & Brill	12
9	Marsh Gibbon	5
10	Little Brook	4
11	Stonesfield and Tackley	2

Which road in Highfield has the highest level of crime?

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