Total Crime Rate
3859.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1914.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hollybush Row 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 Hollybush Row (OX1 1JH) 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 Hollybush Row (OX1 1JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park End Street (37 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 | Paradise Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park End Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Worcester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Fisher Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Fisher Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Fisher Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park End Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hythe Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paradise Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paradise Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Paradise Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Osney Lane | Under investigation |
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