Total Crime Rate
31.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Jersey Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 86th lowest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Jersey Road (OX4 4RT) in the last 12 months was 31.2 per 1,000 residents and was 75.3% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jersey Road (OX4 4RT), the main crime hotspot is near Carole'S Way. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jersey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devereux Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kempson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kempson Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Constance Norman Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fiennes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wynbush Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wynbush Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynbush Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynbush Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fiennes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carole'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carole'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Asquith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Oval | Under investigation |
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