Total Crime Rate
757.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
489.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albion Place area has the 5th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 8th 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 Albion Place (OX1 1QZ) in the last 12 months was 757.9 per 1,000 residents and was 165.2% 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 143 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 22.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 202 (≈ 489.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albion Place (OX1 1QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 302 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Luther Street (158 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A420 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A420 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A420 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A420 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Luther Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Luther Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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