Total Crime Rate

498.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 498.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 317.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.7 9/10
  • Other theft 32.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.3 8/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Robbery 13.3 9/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Gwyneth Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 16th highest crime rate of 426 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 Gwyneth Road (OX4 4QH) in the last 12 months was 498.7 per 1,000 residents and was 254.8% higher than the Cowley average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 119 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 96.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gwyneth Road (OX4 4QH), the main crime hotspot is near Sandford Road. Police recorded 201 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gwyneth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jersey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Morrell Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medhurst Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lanham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudgeon Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Morrell Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sandford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morrell Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morrell Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandford Road
Sep 2025Other theft Gwyneth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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