Total Crime Rate

1133.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

460.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 1133.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 460.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 292.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 232.7 10/10
  • Public order 133.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 94.1 9/10
  • Other theft 84.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 79.2 10/10
  • Drugs 64.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 49.5 10/10
  • Burglary 24.8 10/10
  • Robbery 24.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 24.8 10/10
  • Other crime 19.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Barns Road area has the highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barns Road (OX4 3UT) in the last 12 months was 1133.7 per 1,000 residents and was 799.0% higher 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 460.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barns Road (OX4 3UT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barns Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/72)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Boswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Knolles Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Coleridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs St Omer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs St Omer Road Offender given penalty notice
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area 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 2026Other theft Oxford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Banjo Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Banjo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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