Total Crime Rate

83.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.9 8/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 1.4 1/10
  • Robbery 1.4 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cricket Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Donnington , and the 181st 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 Cricket Road (OX4 3DG) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% lower 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cricket Road (OX4 3DG), the main crime hotspot is near Cowley Road. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cricket Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Leys Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cowley Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Magdalen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Magdalen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ridgefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cricket Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cricket Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Leys Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leys Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cricket Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ridgefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ridgefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowley Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belvedere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kenilworth Mews
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belvedere Road
Sep 2025Public order Belvedere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Belvedere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belvedere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bartlemas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belvedere Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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