Total Crime Rate
171.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 70th highest crime rate of 427 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 171.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% lower 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 161 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 209 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (OX1 4DN), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 294 crimes here, including 150 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 | Drugs | Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Michael'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shoe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shoe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shoe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shoe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Red Lion Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdalen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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