Total Crime Rate

118.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 118.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.3 7/10
  • Public order 19.3 9/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Rose Hill area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 119th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rose Hill (OX4 4HT) in the last 12 months was 118.8 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rose Hill (OX4 4HT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 330 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rose Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Orchard Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Spencer Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Spencer Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Church Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Cowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Cowley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Mayfair Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fiennes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairlie Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Orchard Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dashwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newman Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fiennes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Orchard Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fiennes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fiennes Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Villiers Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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