Total Crime Rate
74.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Brambles area has the 10th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Headington , and the 195th highest 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 The Brambles (OX3 7NZ) in the last 12 months was 74.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.6% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 62.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Brambles (OX3 7NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Headington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Latimer Grange | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stonor Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bickerton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bickerton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Finch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Finch Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Finch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Latimer Grange | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardwell Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Brambles | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Stapleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Finch Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackburn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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