Total Crime Rate
795.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
433.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Clements Street area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in St Clement's , and the 7th 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 St Clements Street (OX4 1AB) in the last 12 months was 795.3 per 1,000 residents and was 439.2% higher than the St Clement's average (147.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 433.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Clements Street (OX4 1AB), the main crime hotspot is near The Plain. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 27 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 | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Temple Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cowley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | The Plain | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dawson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alhambra Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyndale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clement'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Caroline Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Stockmore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stockmore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alan Bullock Close | Local resolution |
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