Total Crime Rate
401.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cornmarket 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 Cornmarket Street (OX1 3EZ) 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 Cornmarket Street (OX1 3EZ), 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.
View Crime In Carfax & Jericho| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Beaumont Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornmarket Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornmarket Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cornmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shoe Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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