Total Crime Rate

264.6 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 264.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 129.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.1 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cowley Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in St Clement's , and the 38th 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 Cowley Road (OX4 1HU) in the last 12 months was 264.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.3% 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 Shoplifting with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 566.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 63.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 733.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowley Road (OX4 1HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Avenue Lane, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/58)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leon Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bramwell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bramwell Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Clement'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moberly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moberly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moberly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Moberly Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Moberly Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Moberly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Glebe Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramwell Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Princes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Brewery Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Avenue Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Avenue Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Avenue Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Avenue Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Avenue Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Avenue Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Avenue Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Hurst Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Collins Street Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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