Total Crime Rate
70.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oxford Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 205th 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 Oxford Road (OX4 4QP) in the last 12 months was 70.6 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Road (OX4 4QP), 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.
View Crime In Cowley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fiennes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Orchard Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Orchard Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Orchard Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fiennes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Fiennes Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fiennes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mayfair Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Spencer Crescent | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Spencer Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dashwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cowley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Swinbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swinbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newman Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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