Total Crime Rate

356.6 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 356.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 90.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 28.0 10/10
  • Burglary 28.0 10/10
  • Public order 28.0 10/10
  • Other theft 24.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 17.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cowley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Avenue Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Avenue Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Glebe Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Avenue Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Avenue Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Avenue Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Avenue Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Brewery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Henley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Road
Sep 2025Drugs St Mary'S Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Rectory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Brewery Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moberly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Moberly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moberly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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