Total Crime Rate
180.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brome Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Barton & Sandhills , and the 64th highest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brome Place (OX3 9LR) in the last 12 months was 180.5 per 1,000 residents and was 127.4% higher than the Barton & Sandhills average (79.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 68.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brome Place (OX3 9LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Underhill Circus, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hubble Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fettiplace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Taunt Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brome Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taggs Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bernwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taggs Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burchester Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hubble Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brampton Road | Under investigation |
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