Total Crime Rate
180.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Buckingham Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Hinksey Park , and the 61st 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 Buckingham Street (OX1 4LH) in the last 12 months was 180.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% higher than the Hinksey Park average (107.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckingham Street (OX1 4LH), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 299 crimes here, including 160 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hinksey Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clark'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clark'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clark'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clark'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clark'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clark'S Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Friars Wharf | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Wharf | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cambridge Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corden Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kineton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clark'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Ford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Luther Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
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