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

Brocklesby 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 Brocklesby Road (OX4 4QJ) 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 Brocklesby Road (OX4 4QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morrell Crescent (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brocklesby Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kempson Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carole'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mogridge Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mogridge Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cottesmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Carole'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Carole'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carole'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mogridge Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jersey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jersey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mogridge Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other theft Gwyneth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Morrell Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kempson Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chapel Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astrop Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morrell Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Constance Norman Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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