Crime Rates at Oxford Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2LA

Oxford Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Donnington , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Road (OX4 2LA) in the last 12 months was 162.2 per 1,000 residents and was 85.3% higher than the Donnington average (87.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 73.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oxford Road (OX4 2LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 231 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.