Total Crime Rate
82.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Abbots Wood area has the 9th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Churchill , and the 171st highest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Abbots Wood (OX3 8TR) in the last 12 months was 82.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% lower than the Churchill average (90.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbots Wood (OX3 8TR), the main crime hotspot is near Territorial Way. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkyns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Territorial Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Fields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Acre Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Acre Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Troy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Barn Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leiden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stubbs Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackstock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Territorial Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Territorial Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stubbs Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkyns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Steel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Steel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Steel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Three Fields Road | Under investigation |
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