Total Crime Rate

461.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 461.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 268.8 10/10
  • Public order 49.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Other theft 27.0 10/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • 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

Mandelbrote Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowley , and the 17th 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 Mandelbrote Drive (OX4 4XG) in the last 12 months was 461.0 per 1,000 residents and was 228.0% 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 179 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 214 (≈ 321.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 226.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mandelbrote Drive (OX4 4XG), the main crime hotspot is near Sandford Road. Police recorded 201 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mandelbrote Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astrop Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medhurst Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawn Upton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chapel Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lanham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morrell Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sandford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armstrong Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Armstrong Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Armstrong Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Morrell Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Morrell Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sandford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morrell Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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