Total Crime Rate
102.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Benouville Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 427 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 Benouville Close (OX4 2PW) in the last 12 months was 102.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% lower than the Blackbird Leys average (116.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Benouville Close (OX4 2PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 184 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Normandy Crescent (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horspath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Benouville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craufurd Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Barn Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fletcher Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Normandy Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Troy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lambton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Eastfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranmer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kennedy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennedy Close | Under investigation |
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