Total Crime Rate
356.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cowley Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in St Clement's , and the 29th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cowley Road (OX4 1JH) in the last 12 months was 356.6 per 1,000 residents and was 133.5% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 111.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowley Road (OX4 1JH), 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.
View Crime In St Clement's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Avenue Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | James Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Avenue Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glebe Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Avenue Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Avenue Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Moberly Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Avenue Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Avenue Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Moberly Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Brewery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Henley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Mary'S Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rectory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Brewery Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moberly Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Moberly Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Moberly Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Moberly Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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