Total Crime Rate
174.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Magdalen Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in St Clement's , and the 69th highest crime rate of 427 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 Magdalen Road (OX4 1RL) in the last 12 months was 174.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Magdalen Road (OX4 1RL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 37 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 | Leon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leys Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leys Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leys Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leys Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Drove Acre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Golden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cowley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bartlemas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ridgefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drove Acre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manzil Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manzil Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Randolph Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Randolph Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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