Crime Rate in Blackbird Leys, ward

Blackbird Leys has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Oxford district and the 1181st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 135th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Blackbird Leys in the last 12 months was 118.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% higher than the Oxford district average (111.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Blackbird Leys’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 340 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 9 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 45.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -71.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 448 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Blackbird Leys ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Ambassador Avenue, with 74 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Erica Close (38 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.