Total Crime Rate

114.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 17.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

Sheep Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Alvescot and Filkins , and the 31st highest crime rate of 352 local areas in West Oxfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sheep Street (OX18 4LT) in the last 12 months was 114.3 per 1,000 residents and was 151.0% higher than the Alvescot and Filkins average (45.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheep Street (OX18 4LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burford Mews (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sheep Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burford Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burford Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burgage Gardens Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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