Total Crime Rate
220.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
132.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Friars Wharf area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Hinksey Park , and the 46th highest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Friars Wharf (OX1 1RU) in the last 12 months was 220.6 per 1,000 residents and was 95.2% higher than the Hinksey Park average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 132.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Friars Wharf (OX1 1RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Police Station, where police recorded 294 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Ford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | 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 | Bicycle theft | Paradise Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paradise Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paradise Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paradise Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Speedwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pike Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Western Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Luther Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Luther Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Luther Street | Under investigation |
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