Total Crime Rate

115.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Burglary 5.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Nowell Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 120th highest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nowell Road (OX4 4TA) in the last 12 months was 115.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nowell Road (OX4 4TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 179 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carole'S Way (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nowell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nowell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brocklesby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brocklesby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thames View Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Constance Norman Way
Apr 2026Public order Wynbush Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wynbush Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wynbush Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wynbush Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wynbush Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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