Total Crime Rate
349.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ship 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 Ship Street (OX1 3DA) 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 Ship Street (OX1 3DA), the main crime hotspot is near A420. Police recorded 230 crimes here, including 106 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A420 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A420 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A420 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shoe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shoe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A420 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blue Boar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornmarket Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdalen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
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