Crime Rate in St Mary's, ward

St Mary's has the 12th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Oxford district and the 2647th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 348th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Mary's in the last 12 months was 81.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% lower than the Oxford district average (111.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Mary's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 201 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 30.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 270 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Mary's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.