Total Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gardiner Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Headington , and the 158th lowest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gardiner Street (OX3 7AW) in the last 12 months was 52.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.2% lower than the Headington average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gardiner Street (OX3 7AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stile Road, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kennett Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Headington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stile Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kennett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kennett Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stile Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennett Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Stapleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Piper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bateman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mattock Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mattock Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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