Total Crime Rate
201.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southfield Park area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Donnington , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Southfield Park (OX4 2BQ) in the last 12 months was 201.0 per 1,000 residents and was 161.9% higher than the Donnington average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 95.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southfield Park (OX4 2BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Hill Top Road. Police recorded 143 crimes here, including 117 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 | Hill Top Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Top Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southfield Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southfield Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southfield Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Southfield Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Herbert Close | Under investigation |
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