Total Crime Rate
10.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aldrich Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Cutteslowe & Sunnymead , and the 13th 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 Aldrich Road (OX2 7SS) in the last 12 months was 10.3 per 1,000 residents and was 81.4% lower than the Cutteslowe & Sunnymead average (55.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aldrich Road (OX2 7SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Water Eaton Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jackson Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elsfield Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grimbly Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Islip Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hamilton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Water Eaton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Water Eaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Water Eaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Water Eaton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Water Eaton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Water Eaton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyatt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prior'S Forge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Water Eaton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Water Eaton Road | Local resolution |
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