Total Crime Rate
486.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
372.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mandelbrote Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 17th 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 Mandelbrote Drive (OX4 4TW) in the last 12 months was 486.5 per 1,000 residents and was 285.8% 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 213 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 248 (≈ 372.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mandelbrote Drive (OX4 4TW), the main crime hotspot is near Sandford Road. Police recorded 214 crimes here, including 175 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Littlemore| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kempson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morrell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Medhurst Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morrell Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Astrop Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Railway Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morrell Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Morrell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medhurst Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Medhurst Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medhurst Way | Under investigation |
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