Total Crime Rate

13.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 13.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Old Road area has the lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Headington , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 426 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 Old Road (OX3 7LA) in the last 12 months was 13.3 per 1,000 residents and was 88.5% lower than the Headington average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Road (OX3 7LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roosevelt Drive, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goslyn Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order The Brambles Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Finch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Stapleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bickerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bickerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Massey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finch Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Finch Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Finch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Finch Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Coolidge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Piper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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