Total Crime Rate
49.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bartholomew Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 145th lowest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bartholomew Road (OX4 3QN) in the last 12 months was 49.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -67.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bartholomew Road (OX4 3QN), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Barn'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dodgson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartholomew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knolles Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boswell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herschel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Frederick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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