Crime Rate in Lye Valley, ward

Lye Valley has the 8th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Oxford district and the 3544th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 508th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Lye Valley in the last 12 months was 67.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% lower than the Oxford district average (111.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lye Valley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 169 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 168.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 217 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Lye Valley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 141 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Peat Moors (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.