Total Crime Rate

355.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 355.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 209.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 22.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Other theft 17.0 9/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cardigan Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 30th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cardigan Street (OX2 6BP) in the last 12 months was 355.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.5% higher than the Carfax & Jericho average (313.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 73.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cardigan Street (OX2 6BP), the main crime hotspot is near Blomfield Place. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cardigan Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Blomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Longworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Longworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Blomfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Blomfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blomfield Place —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blomfield Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jericho Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardigan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Canal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cardigan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cardigan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mount Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Adelaide Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cardigan Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Longworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rewley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Longworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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