Total Crime Rate
441.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Abbey Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 19th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .
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 Abbey Road (OX2 0AE) in the last 12 months was 441.1 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% higher than the Carfax & Jericho average (313.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -63.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 200.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbey Road (OX2 0AE), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Carfax & Jericho| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Venneit Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roger Dudman Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Venneit Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Millbank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Oxford | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rewley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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