Fast response shift officers work out of six police stations around the clock. The major campaign from autumn 2000 onwards is to reduce and detect more autocrime in Northern Oxfordshire, including the theft of vehicles and thefts from vehicles. Smaller-scale initiatives are tackling local concerns about criminal damage, unruly teenagers, speeding and bad parking. The area has an extensive and expanding CCTV system in Banbury, Bicester and Kidlington, and a similar project has been approved for Witney. CCTV has played a part in more than 1,000 arrests.
Specialist units deal with domestic violence, young offenders and racial incidents.
In addition to the police stations in Banbury, Witney, Kidlington, Bicester, Carterton and Chipping Norton a police office has been opened in Deddington and similar schemes are being considered for Eynsham and Burford. The country's first purpose-built mobile police station reaches the more remote corners of the area. It has enjoyed particular successes in catching criminals responsible for burglaries, drug-dealing and violent crime. The area commander is Supt. John Reeve and the crime and operations manager is Supt.