Total Crime Rate
85.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gaisford Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 175th 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 Gaisford Road (OX4 3LH) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% 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 Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 600.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gaisford Road (OX4 3LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 231 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cowley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Banjo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beauchamp Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beauchamp Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beauchamp Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Banjo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rahere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rahere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crowell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grates | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hockmore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Knolles Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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