Total Crime Rate
221.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dashwood Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 45th highest crime rate of 427 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 221.2 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 124.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dashwood Road (OX4 4SH), 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 | Public order | Wynbush Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Public order | Fiennes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fiennes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carole'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devereux Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Asquith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jersey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Oval | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynbush Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Constance Norman Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynbush Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Wynbush Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Carole'S Way | Under investigation |
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