Crime Statistics for Launton, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Launton, Cherwell

There were a total of 47 street level crime incidents in Launton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Public Order, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Public Order9
Violent Crime9
Vehicle Crime6
Shoplifting5
Criminal Damage Arson3
Other Crime3
Anti Social Behaviour3
Bicycle Theft3
Other Theft2
Drugs2
Burglary2
All Crime47

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 Launton. 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 Launton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Bicester (1.24 miles)193
Highfield (1.96 miles)161
Launton47
Blackthorn (2.24 miles)31
Ray (2.52 miles)30
Caversfield (2.24 miles)28
Chesterton (2.56 miles)26
Ambrosden (1.86 miles)8
Lower Arncott (2.48 miles)4
Stratton Audley (2.48 miles)2

20.58%
of Bicester East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Launton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bicester65
Highfield56
Blackthorn18
Ray15
Chesterton14
Launton9
Caversfield8
Ambrosden6
Lower Arncott2
Stratton Audley2

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

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 Launton 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 Launton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Launton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Launton is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Bicester West52
2Bicester East50
3Bicester South and Ambrosden44
4Bicester North and Caversfield30
5Fringford and Heyfords27
6Launton and Otmoor26
7Grendon Underwood & Brill12
8Steeple Claydon11
9Quainton6
10Marsh Gibbon5
11Little Brook4

Which road in Launton has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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