Total Crime Rate
428.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Leonards Road area has the highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Barton & Sandhills , and the 20th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Leonards Road (OX3 8AD) in the last 12 months was 428.3 per 1,000 residents and was 433.9% higher than the Barton & Sandhills average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 153 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 254.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Leonards Road (OX3 8AD), 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 Barton & Sandhills| 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 | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Stile 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennett Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bateman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mattock Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mattock Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Margaret Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stile Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burrows Close | Under investigation |
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