Total Crime Rate

85.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 47.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Martins Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 166th highest crime rate of 427 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 St Martins Road (OX4 4RR) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.0% lower than the Cowley average (126.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Martins Road (OX4 4RR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 160 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Martins Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cardinal Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Eastern Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastern Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Devereux Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cardinal Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cardinal Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Swinbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thomson Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Kempson Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Kempson Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Swinbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Asquith Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Jersey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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