Total Crime Rate

3859.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

1914.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 3859.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 1914.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1396.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 567.1 10/10
  • Public order 414.6 10/10
  • Other theft 353.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 317.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 256.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 134.2 10/10
  • Drugs 115.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 91.5 10/10
  • Robbery 67.1 10/10
  • Burglary 54.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 36.6 10/10
  • Other crime 30.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.4 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New Road area has the highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the highest crime rate of 427 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 New Road (OX1 1AY) in the last 12 months was 3859.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1250.7% higher than the Carfax & Jericho average (285.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 229 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 314 (≈ 1914.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (OX1 1AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 302 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (124 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/177)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Paradise Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Paradise Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Paradise Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norfolk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Paradise Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft St Michael'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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