Total Crime Rate

223.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

96.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 223.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 96.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.1 10/10
  • Drugs 24.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.6 9/10
  • Public order 20.6 9/10
  • Other theft 17.2 9/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowley Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Donnington , and the 44th 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 Cowley Road (OX4 2DN) in the last 12 months was 223.4 per 1,000 residents and was 191.1% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 96.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowley Road (OX4 2DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shelley Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bhandari Close (18 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 (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Weymann Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Littlehay Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hendred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Hendred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bhandari Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Robbery Reliance Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Agnes Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Glanville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Glanville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Edmund Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Agnes Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Weymann Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Saunders Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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