Total Crime Rate
557.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brocklesby Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 12th highest crime rate of 427 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 557.3 per 1,000 residents and was 342.0% higher than the Cowley average (126.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 96.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% 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 179 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morrell Crescent (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Littlemore| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kempson Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynbush Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynbush Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynbush Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wynbush Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wynbush Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Constance Norman Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pattison Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kempson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brocklesby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brocklesby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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