Total Crime Rate

167.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 167.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.8 9/10
  • Drugs 30.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Other crime 11.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Bartholomew Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 66th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bartholomew Road (OX4 3QL) in the last 12 months was 167.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% higher 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 68.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bartholomew Road (OX4 3QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 96 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bartholomew Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Banjo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairlie Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mayfair Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Addison Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rahere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rahere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grates Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartholomew Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Banjo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hampden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Beauchamp Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beauchamp Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beauchamp Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crowell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Public order Hockmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area

Data Sources

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