Total Crime Rate
91.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bleache Place area has the 24th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 161st highest crime rate of 426 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 Bleache Place (OX4 2JD) in the last 12 months was 91.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% lower than the Blackbird Leys average (118.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bleache Place (OX4 2JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hopkins Court, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ivy Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackbird Leys| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ivy Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fern Hill Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hopkins Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hopkins Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopkins Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopkins Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopkins Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fern Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fern Hill Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alec Issigonis Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wilkins Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wilkins Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Sunnyside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | White Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollow Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopkins Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bennett Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bennett Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | White Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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