Total Crime Rate
16.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kestrel Crescent area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 22nd lowest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kestrel Crescent (OX4 6EA) in the last 12 months was 16.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.5% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kestrel Crescent (OX4 6EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 48 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.
View Crime In Blackbird Leys| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Denny Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Denny Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Denny Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Peregrine Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denny Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Costar Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Skylark Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Broadfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brambling Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monks Close | Under investigation |
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