Total Crime Rate

145.0 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 145.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Other theft 14.7 9/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.4 9/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Merlin Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 96th highest crime rate of 426 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 Merlin Road (OX4 6EW) in the last 12 months was 145.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Merlin Road (OX4 6EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birchfield Close, where police recorded 42 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.

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Crime Over Time in Merlin Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Birchfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wingate Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Allin Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorbank Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moorbank Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Skylark Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brambling Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knights Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Peregrine Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peregrine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peregrine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monks Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackbird Leys Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Blackbird Leys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbird Leys Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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