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Vehicle crime by area

Car crime in Cherwell

Cherwell (shire district) averaged 553 police-recorded vehicle offences a year in 2024/25 and 2025/26, against 87,730 privately kept licensed cars: a rate of 6.3 per 1,000 cars, 0.52× the England and Wales rate of 12.1. It ranks 199 of 316 local authorities (1 is highest).

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Data to 2026-03-31 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto

Offences per 1,000 cars
6.3
553 offences a year, 2024/25 and 2025/26
vs England & Wales
0.52×
national rate 12.1
Rank
199 of 316
83 of 164 shire districts

How Cherwell compares

Official data. Cherwell's rate is 19% below the median local authority (7.8), which puts it in the middle half of the 316 areas.

Among the 164 shire districts, it is the same as the middle one (6.3) and ranks 83: in the middle half of its type.

Cherwell vehicle crime rate compared with national and same-type figures
ComparisonPer 1,000 carsCherwell vs it
Cherwell6.3—
England and Wales (all offences ÷ all cars)12.10.52×
Median of 316 areas7.80.81×
All shire districts pooled7.10.89×
Median of shire districts6.31.00×

Areas ranked either side

Local authorities ranked immediately above and below Cherwell
RankAreaTypePer 1,000 cars
196Castle Pointshire district6.4
197South Cambridgeshireshire district6.3
198South Derbyshireshire district6.3
199Cherwellshire district6.3
200Harboroughshire district6.3
201Fyldeshire district6.3
202East Staffordshireshire district6.1

How the 73 Auto insurance estimate treats Cherwell

73 Auto estimate, not a quote. Cherwell's vehicle-crime index is 0.52 (its rate ÷ the national rate). That is inside the range the model uses unchanged. The collision part of the premium is multiplied by 0.54 (index^0.94) and the theft part by 0.52 (index^1).

Against the UK-average area (index 0.92), that makes the estimate for the reference driver (age 48, clean record, group 20 car) about 36% lower. The estimate uses your postcode district's index, listed below, not the authority figure directly. The area weighting was fitted to 7 published area premiums (leave-one-out error 13% against 19% with no area effect). See how 73 Auto estimates insurance.

Postcode districts mapped to Cherwell

Districts where most privately kept cars are in Cherwell. A district's index is the car-weighted average of the authorities it covers, so the 2 that cross into a neighbouring authority differ from Cherwell's 0.52. The last column is the 73 Auto estimate relativity for the reference driver.

Postcode districts whose cars are mostly in Cherwell, with their vehicle-crime index
DistrictCarsIndexEstimate vs UK-average area
OX512,0330.520.64×
OX1513,3260.540.66×
OX1625,8910.520.64×
OX258,4900.520.64×
OX2619,6180.520.64×
OX275,2540.550.66×

Limitations

Police-recorded crime only: unreported offences are missing, and recording practice varies between forces.

The rate is per car registered to a keeper in Cherwell, not per car on its streets. Where many commuters or visitors park, offences against their cars count here while the cars count elsewhere, which pushes the rate up.

Offences a police force did not assign to an area are shared across its areas by car numbers. Scotland and Northern Ireland are not covered.

Estimate insurance for a car kept in Cherwell

Enter a UK registration, then add your postcode to see how your district's vehicle-crime index moves that car's insurance estimate. Your first check is free and shows the vehicle summary and its headline ownership cost. The category-by-category breakdown is part of a paid check.

UK number plate or 17-character VIN

Where these figures come from

Figures labelled as 73 Auto estimates are our own analysis of these sources, set out in the methodology and data sources. To report a factual error, see corrections.