Total Crime Rate

401.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 401.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 108.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 44.6 10/10
  • Other theft 41.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 30.0 10/10
  • Public order 29.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 3/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.2 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Market Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 426 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 Market Street (OX1 3EF) in the last 12 months was 401.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% higher than the Carfax & Jericho average (313.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 358 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 29.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 448 (≈ 135.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Street (OX1 3EF), the main crime hotspot is near A420. Police recorded 371 crimes here, including 116 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Market Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/191)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ship Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alfred Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alfred Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blue Boar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blue Boar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blue Boar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Blue Boar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornmarket Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Cornmarket Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ship Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ship Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pembroke Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pembroke Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alfred Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfred Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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