Bicester West
WardSouth east Cherwell. About 8,867 people in 2.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Bicester West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bicester West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bicester West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bicester West at a rate of 65.2 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, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bicester West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (279), other crime (99) and anti-social behaviour (51).
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 West alone. See Cherwell
Bicester West in brief
Bicester West had 8,849 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Bicester West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bicester West, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bicester West, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.