Total Crime Rate
42.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Walton Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 120th lowest 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 Walton Street (OX2 6EB) in the last 12 months was 42.3 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walton Street (OX2 6EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blomfield Place, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Longworth Road (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 | Bicycle theft | Longworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walton Well Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blomfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Longworth Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southmoor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cardigan Street | 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 | Cardigan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tackley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingston Road | Under investigation |
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