Total Crime Rate
103.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mallard Close area has the 20th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 141st highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mallard Close (OX4 6EN) in the last 12 months was 103.2 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mallard Close (OX4 6EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackbird Leys Road, where police recorded 34 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorbank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Allin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monks Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wingate Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Moorbank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Costar Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Peregrine Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Skylark Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackbird Leys Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Blackbird Leys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackbird Leys Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brambling Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Broadfields | Under investigation |
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