Total Crime Rate

86.2 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 86.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bailey Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 173rd 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 Bailey Road (OX4 3HU) in the last 12 months was 86.2 per 1,000 residents and was 38.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.1% 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 69 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bailey Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Phipps Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Frederick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bennett Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bennett Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knolles Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartholomew Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bailey Road Under investigation
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 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Boswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Boswell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
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Data Sources

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