Total Crime Rate
3859.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1914.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodins Way 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 Woodins Way (OX1 1HD) 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 Woodins Way (OX1 1HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 275 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Street (103 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park End Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pike Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shoe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shoe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park End Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shoe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
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