Crime Rate in Northfield Brook, ward

Northfield Brook has the 11th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Oxford district and the 2168th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 273rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Northfield Brook in the last 12 months was 90.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% lower than the Oxford district average (111.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Northfield Brook’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 297 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 378 (≈ 53.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Northfield Brook ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Birchfield Close, with 42 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Skylark Place (21 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.