Total Crime Rate
147.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodstock Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Carfax & Jericho , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 427 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 Woodstock Road (OX2 6HT) in the last 12 months was 147.2 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% lower than the Carfax & Jericho average (285.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 132 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodstock Road (OX2 6HT), 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 (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Giles' | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A4144 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Clarendon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Little Clarendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A4144 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Giles' | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4144 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4144 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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