Total Crime Rate

121.8 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 121.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 38.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.5 7/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

London Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Headington , and the 117th 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 London Road (OX3 9AA) in the last 12 months was 121.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% higher than the Headington average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 142.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (OX3 9AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stile Road, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in London Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stephen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kennett Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stephen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stephen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Piper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bateman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kennett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stile Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Latimer Grange Under investigation

Data Sources

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