Total Crime Rate
511.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
220.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pike Terrace area has the 7th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 15th 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 Pike Terrace (OX1 1UQ) in the last 12 months was 511.6 per 1,000 residents and was 79.0% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 220.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 136.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pike Terrace (OX1 1UQ), 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 | Bicycle theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Inn Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shire Lake Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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