Berinsfield records more crime than the rest of South Oxfordshire, by a margin big enough to matter to a buyer. It runs at about 63 crimes per 1,000 people. The district as a whole runs at about 49. In absolute terms the number of crimes is small. South Oxfordshire sets a low bar for trouble, and Berinsfield sits clearly above it.
Thames Valley Police recorded 192 crimes in Berinsfield in the year from June 2025 to May 2026, a published rate of about 63 per 1,000 residents. That is roughly 29% above the South Oxfordshire average for the same twelve months.
The district-wide rate across South Oxfordshire was about 49 crimes per 1,000 residents over that year. Together the two figures give the size of the gap: Berinsfield is higher, though not by multiples. The comparison is with one of the calmer districts in the region, so the bar is low before Berinsfield goes over it.
Berinsfield is more densely built than its "village" label suggests, at about 4,400 people per square kilometre across the area. Unemployment was about 2% at the last census and about 4% of households were overcrowded. None of that explains the crime figure. It just describes the setting: compact streets of post-war houses, with most people in work and most homes big enough for the people in them. Berinsfield is a village on paper and a small town by density.
By category, violence and sexual offences made up about 43% of Berinsfield's recorded crime, against about 35% nationally. That is a broad legal grouping that includes common assault where nobody was hurt, and it is the largest category almost everywhere. Anti-social behaviour was about 17% against 16% nationally, public order about 9% against 7%, shoplifting about 9% against 8%, criminal damage and arson about 7% against 7%, and other theft about 6% against 7%. Most of those are close to the national pattern. With only 192 crimes in total, a few incidents can move any share by several points, so this mix is a snapshot of one year and could look different the next. The police.uk crime map shows recorded crime month by month for the streets around a specific house, and it's worth looking at for the few roads you're considering.
What happens after a crime is reported is a separate question from how much crime there is. Thames Valley Police, as a whole force, charged a suspect in about 9% of cases over the year to May 2026, against about 12% nationally, ranking 37th of 42 forces in England and Wales. About 37% of its cases were closed with no suspect identified. Those are force-wide figures covering a large area, and they tell you nothing about Berinsfield's own streets. They tell you how likely it is that anyone gets charged if something does happen.
On safety, Berinsfield is below average for its district. The rate is noticeably higher than the district's, and a buyer should weigh that rather than expect the rest of South Oxfordshire's calm.