Bicester East
WardSouth east Cherwell. About 8,986 people in 2.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Bicester East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bicester East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bicester East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bicester East at a rate of 113.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across Cherwell.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 91 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bicester East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (406), shoplifting (228) and other crime (196).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Cherwell
These figures are published for the whole of Cherwell, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cherwell and not Bicester East alone. See Cherwell
Bicester East in brief
Bicester East had 8,763 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Bicester East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bicester East, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bicester East, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.