Total Crime Rate

89.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

45.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 89.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 45.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 9.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 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

Liddell Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 160th 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 Liddell Road (OX4 3QT) in the last 12 months was 89.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.4% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liddell Road (OX4 3QT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 146 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Liddell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boswell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cleveland Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boswell Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dodgson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Burglary Coleridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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