Total Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bailey Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 175th 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 Bailey Road (OX4 3HU) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.3% lower than the Cowley average (126.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bailey Road (OX4 3HU), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Frederick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coleridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartholomew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bennett Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phipps Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dodgson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boswell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knolles Road | Under investigation |
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