Total Crime Rate
199.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nelson Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 55th highest crime rate of 427 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 Nelson Street (OX2 6BE) in the last 12 months was 199.1 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% lower than the Carfax & Jericho average (285.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nelson Street (OX2 6BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (19 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 | Hythe Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardigan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardigan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blomfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cardigan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Fisher Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Fisher Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Fisher Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hythe Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hythe Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardigan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Place | — |
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