Crime Rate in Cowley, ward

Cowley has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Oxford district and the 756th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 83rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Cowley in the last 12 months was 140.6 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% higher than the Oxford district average (111.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Cowley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 310 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 11 cases , up 10.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 31.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -34.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 409 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Cowley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 231 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Further/Higher Educational Building (45 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.