Total Crime Rate
67.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cooper Place area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Barton & Sandhills , and the 203rd lowest 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 Cooper Place (OX3 8JW) in the last 12 months was 67.1 per 1,000 residents and was 16.4% lower than the Barton & Sandhills average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cooper Place (OX3 8JW), 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.
View Crime In Barton & Sandhills| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Colemans Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colemans Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Spooner Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collinwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collinwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry School Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Colemans Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilehouse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chequers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beaumont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Roundway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Toot Hill Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Roundway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Roundway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cress Hill Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Quarry School Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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