Total Crime Rate
110.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spindleberry Close 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 Spindleberry Close (OX4 6DU) 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 Spindleberry Close (OX4 6DU), the main crime hotspot is near Grenoble Road. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 83 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackbird Leys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birchfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Choswell Spring | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Skylark Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nettlebed Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Merlin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merlin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knights Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brambling Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emperor Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emperor Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Birchfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spindleberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birchfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guelder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Guelder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackbird Leys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenoble Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenoble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brambling Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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