Total Crime Rate
349.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Magdalen Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 24th 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 Magdalen Street (OX1 3AA) in the last 12 months was 349.8 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% 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 283 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 421 (≈ 127.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Magdalen Street (OX1 3AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Street, where police recorded 271 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A420 (106 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Red Lion Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shoe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shoe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shoe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shoe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ebbes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Ebbes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Ebbes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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