Total Crime Rate
201.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Osney 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.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Fisher Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hythe Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hythe Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hythe Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Fisher Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Hamel | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Fisher Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Park End Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park End Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osney Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Becket Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osney Lane | Under investigation |
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