Total Crime Rate

201.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

73.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 201.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 73.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.3 9/10
  • Drugs 36.6 10/10
  • Other theft 25.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 11.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
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

Osney Lane area has the 14th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Osney Lane (OX1 1LE) in the last 12 months was 201.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 73.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Osney Lane (OX1 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 61 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.

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Crime Over Time in Osney Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Fisher Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hythe Bridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Hythe Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hythe Bridge Street
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Fisher Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson The Hamel Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper Fisher Row
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Park End Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park End Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Paradise Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osney Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Russell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Russell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Becket Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osney Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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