Crime Rate in Headington, ward

Headington has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Oxford district and the 1244th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 141st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Headington in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Oxford district average (111.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Headington’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 302 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 400 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Headington ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 209 crimes here, including 121 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.