Total Crime Rate

87.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.6 8/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.6 3/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Southmoor Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Summertown , and the 172nd 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 Southmoor Road (OX2 6RB) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 136.2% higher than the Summertown average (36.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southmoor Road (OX2 6RB), 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 Southmoor Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Longworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Blomfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blomfield Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blomfield Place
Sep 2025Other theft Leckford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jericho Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Farndon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Longworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Blomfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Longworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Longworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Mount Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Blomfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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