Total Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hadow Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Headington , and the 90th 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 Hadow Road (OX3 0JW) in the last 12 months was 33.3 per 1,000 residents and was 71.1% lower than the Headington average (115.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 40.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hadow Road (OX3 0JW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lynn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbank Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbank Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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