Crime Rates at Dene Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JA

Dene Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dene Road (OX3 7JA) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% lower than the Blackbird Leys average (116.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dene Road (OX3 7JA), the main crime hotspot is near Peat Moors. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.