Total Crime Rate

110.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.6 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 110.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Drugs 12.3 9/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 4/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Knights Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 128th 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 Knights Road (OX4 6DB) in the last 12 months was 110.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% lower than the Blackbird Leys average (116.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 64.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% 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 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackbird Leys Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Knights Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Blackbird Leys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Emperor Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spindleberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spindleberry Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spindleberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Emperor Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Skylark Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Birchfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Moorbank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Birchfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Birchfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Knights Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knights Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knights Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorbank Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spindleberry Close —
Apr 2026Drugs Choswell Spring Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brambling Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Blackbird Leys Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Blackbird Leys Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Blackbird Leys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Blackbird Leys Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackbird Leys Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Merlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brambling Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Merlin Road —
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Data Sources

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