Total Crime Rate
16.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rahere Road area has the lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 29th lowest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rahere Road (OX4 3QG) in the last 12 months was 16.5 per 1,000 residents and was 86.9% lower than the Cowley average (126.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rahere Road (OX4 3QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bartholomew Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dodgson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheldon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herschel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herschel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Addison Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Long Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Long Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Long Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartholomew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Goodey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Crowell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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