Total Crime Rate
106.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Beeches area has the 9th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Barton & Sandhills , and the 128th 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 The Beeches (OX3 9JY) in the last 12 months was 106.9 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Beeches (OX3 9JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sherwood Place, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wick Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barton & Sandhills| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gurl Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gurl Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wick Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wick Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hawthorn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawthorn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hengrove Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Spooner Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wick Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilehouse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bernwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sefton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Snow Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | William Kimber Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | John Snow Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | North Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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