Total Crime Rate

160.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 160.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.0 9/10
  • Other theft 25.5 10/10
  • Public order 14.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 10.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.8 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

High Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 77th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (OX1 4DN) in the last 12 months was 160.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% lower than the Carfax & Jericho average (313.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 158 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 205 (≈ 83.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (OX1 4DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A420, where police recorded 371 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (160 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Ebbes Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albion Place
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Oriel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cornmarket Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clark'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Ebbes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Ebbes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Ebbes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Ebbes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Ebbes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Ebbes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Ebbes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clark'S Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clark'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Ebbes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A420 Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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