Total Crime Rate

114.0 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 114.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 26.3 10/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.5 4/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

William Lucy Way area has the 20th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around William Lucy Way (OX2 6EQ) in the last 12 months was 114.0 per 1,000 residents and was 63.6% lower than the Carfax & Jericho average (313.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around William Lucy Way (OX2 6EQ), 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 William Lucy Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Longworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Canal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Longworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Longworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Longworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Mount Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Blomfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardigan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Blomfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blomfield Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blomfield Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jericho Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cardigan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roger Dudman Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Venneit Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Venneit Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cardigan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cardigan Street —
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Data Sources

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