Total Crime Rate

135.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 135.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.6 10/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Bernwood Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Barton & Sandhills , and the 105th 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 Bernwood Road (OX3 9LQ) in the last 12 months was 135.3 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bernwood Road (OX3 9LQ), the main crime hotspot is near Underhill Circus. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bernwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilsley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Fettiplace Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Wick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs North Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bernwood Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ilsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilsley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Ilsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fettiplace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ilsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Underhill Circus Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Underhill Circus Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Underhill Circus Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Underhill Circus Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cress Hill Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Fettiplace Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilsley Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wick Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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