Total Crime Rate
121.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maywood 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 Maywood Road (OX4 4EE) 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 Maywood Road (OX4 4EE), the main crime hotspot is near George Moore Close. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 18 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwallis Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cordrey Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Krebs Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Moore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | George Moore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Moore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Moore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Moore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Moore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Moore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Woodhouse Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4158 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cordrey Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cordrey Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anne Greenwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anne Greenwood Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cornwallis Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cornwallis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Anne Greenwood Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Anne Greenwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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