Total Crime Rate
121.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavell Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 112th 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 Cavell Road (OX4 4AS) in the last 12 months was 121.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavell Road (OX4 4AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near George Moore Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cornwallis Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Woodhouse Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Moore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quartermain Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Moore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Moore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Moore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boundary Brook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwallis Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | George Moore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4158 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arnold Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Moore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cordrey Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cordrey Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cordrey Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cornwallis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Moore Close | Under investigation |
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