Total Crime Rate

75.4 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 75.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.1 4/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.3 3/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Phipps Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Phipps Road (OX4 3HH) in the last 12 months was 75.4 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% lower than the Cowley average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 19.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Phipps Road (OX4 3HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Boswell Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bailey Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Phipps Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Boswell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Alec Issigonis Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Phipps Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bennett Crescent
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bennett Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Luke'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Luke'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Luke'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bailey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Boswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Frederick Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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