Total Crime Rate

121.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 48.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 20.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.1 9/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Between Towns Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 111th 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 Between Towns Road (OX4 3PP) in the last 12 months was 121.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% lower than the Cowley average (126.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 20.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Between Towns Road (OX4 3PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Between Towns Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/43)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Temple Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Silkdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Salegate Lane —
Apr 2026Other theft Oxford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs St Omer Road Offender given penalty notice
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boswell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs St Omer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Omer Road —
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cleveland Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boswell Road —
Apr 2026Public order Knolles Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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