Total Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cobden Crescent area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Hinksey Park , and the 115th lowest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cobden Crescent (OX1 4ND) in the last 12 months was 40.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% lower than the Hinksey Park average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cobden Crescent (OX1 4ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Police Station, where police recorded 294 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Luther Street (158 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Ebbes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Luther Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Luther Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Luther Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Ebbes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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