Total Crime Rate
169.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brambling Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brambling Way (OX4 6EQ) in the last 12 months was 169.5 per 1,000 residents and was 45.9% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 83.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brambling Way (OX4 6EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackbird Leys Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linnet Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brambling Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Costar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knights Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Skylark Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Falcon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Falcon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spindleberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spindleberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spindleberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spindleberry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brambling Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linnet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Blackbird Leys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Merlin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blackbird Leys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merlin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackbird Leys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackbird Leys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackbird Leys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackbird Leys Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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