Total Crime Rate

240.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 240.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.6 8/10
  • Other theft 18.8 9/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Drugs 11.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
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Crime overview

Robert Robinson Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 45th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Robert Robinson Avenue (OX4 4GP) in the last 12 months was 240.6 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 127.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Robert Robinson Avenue (OX4 4GP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Denny Gardens, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Robert Robinson Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Denny Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Denny Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Denny Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denny Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carpenter Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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