Total Crime Rate
69.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Abingdon Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Hinksey Park , and the 209th highest 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 Abingdon Road (OX1 4TE) in the last 12 months was 69.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.9% lower than the Hinksey Park average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abingdon Road (OX1 4TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bertie Place, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peel Place (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Chatham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peel Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peel Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bertie Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bertie Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bertie Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bertie Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bertie Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chatham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Northampton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | John Towle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | John Towle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Green Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fox Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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