Total Crime Rate

143.8 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 143.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 34.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Liddell Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 98th 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 Liddell Road (OX4 3QT) in the last 12 months was 143.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 61.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liddell Road (OX4 3QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 131 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

Crime Over Time in Liddell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crowell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beauchamp Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beauchamp Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beauchamp Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartholomew Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Luke'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Luke'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Boswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rahere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rahere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knolles Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hampden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Drive Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.