Total Crime Rate
142.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fiennes Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 100th 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 Fiennes Road (OX4 4RQ) in the last 12 months was 142.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1.2% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 85.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fiennes Road (OX4 4RQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 330 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carole'S Way (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cowley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fiennes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | 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 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 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fiennes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dashwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kempson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Fiennes Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kempson Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fiennes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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