Total Crime Rate

34.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 34.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.4 4/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.2 8/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Burgess Mead area has the 8th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Summertown , and the 95th lowest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Burgess Mead (OX2 6XP) in the last 12 months was 34.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% lower than the Summertown average (36.8 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 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burgess Mead (OX2 6XP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Farndon Road, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chalfont Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Burgess Mead area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aristotle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Frenchay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aristotle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Farndon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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