Crime Rates at Knights Road, Oxford, OX4 6DB

Knights Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 114th highest crime rate of 426 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 Knights Road (OX4 6DB) in the last 12 months was 126.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% higher than the Blackbird Leys average (118.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knights Road (OX4 6DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birchfield Close, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Skylark Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.