Total Crime Rate
349.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Market 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 Market Street (OX1 3EF) 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 Market Street (OX1 3EF), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gloucester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdalen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shoe Lane | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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