Total Crime Rate

205.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 205.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.5 9/10
  • Public order 34.3 10/10
  • Drugs 21.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.2 8/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dashwood Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 54th 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 Dashwood Road (OX4 4SH) in the last 12 months was 205.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 105.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 123.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dashwood Road (OX4 4SH), the main crime hotspot is near Carole'S Way. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dashwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Ellesmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fiennes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Carole'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Carole'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carole'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carole'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jersey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jersey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dashwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cottesmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Constance Norman Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fiennes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fiennes Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fiennes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Spencer Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellesmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellesmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ellesmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Spencer Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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