Total Crime Rate

161.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 161.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.7 9/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Nunnery Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 75th 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 Nunnery Close (OX4 6EG) in the last 12 months was 161.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 94.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nunnery Close (OX4 6EG), the main crime hotspot is near Grenoble Road. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 102 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nunnery Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Grenoble Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knights Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Brambling Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Grenoble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grenoble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grenoble Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grenoble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grenoble Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Grenoble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grenoble Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenoble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peregrine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenoble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Choswell Spring Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenoble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenoble Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenoble Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbird Leys Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blackbird Leys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackbird Leys Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenoble Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monks Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenoble Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peregrine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Peregrine Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Skylark Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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