Total Crime Rate

291.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 291.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 70.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.1 10/10
  • Public order 31.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Drugs 24.6 10/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Robbery 10.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Beauchamp Lane area has the 6th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 35th 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 Beauchamp Lane (OX4 3LF) in the last 12 months was 291.2 per 1,000 residents and was 107.2% higher than the Cowley average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beauchamp Lane (OX4 3LF), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Beauchamp Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crowell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Burglary Hampden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beauchamp Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beauchamp Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Burglary Mayfair Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairlie Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Church Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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