Total Crime Rate

654.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 654.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 402.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 56.0 10/10
  • Other theft 36.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 21.4 10/10
  • Public order 19.8 9/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 8/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.7 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Littlegate Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 10th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Littlegate Street (OX1 1AN) in the last 12 months was 654.0 per 1,000 residents and was 108.5% higher than the Carfax & Jericho average (313.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 244 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 105.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 124.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Littlegate Street (OX1 1AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A420, where police recorded 371 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (160 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Littlegate Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Luther Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Luther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luther Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A420 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Paradise Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Paradise Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Paradise Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luther Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shoe Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shoe Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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