Total Crime Rate

98.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 98.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.3 8/10
  • Drugs 20.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Chequers Place area has the 13th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Barton & Sandhills , and the 151st highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chequers Place (OX3 8LR) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.1% higher 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chequers Place (OX3 8LR), 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 Chequers Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order The Roundway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quarry School Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tilehouse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Roundway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beaumont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chequers Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Quarry School Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Toot Hill Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Snow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft John Snow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cooper Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Road —
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
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Roundway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Spooner Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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