Crime Rates at Paradise Street, Oxford, OX1 1JB

Paradise Street area has the highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 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 Paradise Street (OX1 1JB) in the last 12 months was 3548.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1031.4% higher than the Carfax & Jericho average (313.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 215 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 280 (≈ 1707.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paradise Street (OX1 1JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 278 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Street (80 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.