Total Crime Rate
674.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rymers Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 9th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rymers Lane (OX4 3LA) in the last 12 months was 674.9 per 1,000 residents and was 380.2% higher than the Cowley average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 185 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 98.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rymers Lane (OX4 3LA), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 231 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cowley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Church Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Church Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Outram Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hockmore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grates | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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