Total Crime Rate

217.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 217.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.4 9/10
  • Other theft 25.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.1 9/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 10.1 9/10
  • Burglary 5.1 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cave Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in St Clement's , and the 51st 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 Cave Street (OX4 1BA) in the last 12 months was 217.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% higher than the St Clement's average (152.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 101.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cave Street (OX4 1BA), the main crime hotspot is near Moberly Close. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cave Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moberly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moberly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Brewery Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Brewery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Princes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Glebe Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Dawson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penson'S Gardens
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dawson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moberly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Moberly Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Clement'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harpsichord Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harpsichord Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alhambra Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alhambra Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penson'S Gardens
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Moberly Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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