Total Crime Rate
100.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stone Quarry Lane area has the 27th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 146th 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 Stone Quarry Lane (OX4 4HE) in the last 12 months was 100.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% lower than the Cowley average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 215.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stone Quarry Lane (OX4 4HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 330 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carole'S Way (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cowley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Spencer Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Azor'S Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dashwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Spencer Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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