Total Crime Rate

43.2 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 43.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Ridgeway Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Barton & Sandhills , and the 131st lowest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ridgeway Road (OX3 8DR) in the last 12 months was 43.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.2% lower than the Barton & Sandhills average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 450.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridgeway Road (OX3 8DR), the main crime hotspot is near The Roundway. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ridgeway Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Sermon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Toot Hill Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Roundway Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beaumont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Baker Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cooper Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collinwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collinwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order The Roundway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order The Roundway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Colemans Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colemans Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Colemans Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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