Total Crime Rate
61.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blackbird Leys Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 188th lowest crime rate of 427 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 Blackbird Leys Road (OX4 6HH) in the last 12 months was 61.2 per 1,000 residents and was 47.3% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackbird Leys Road (OX4 6HH), 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 | Knights Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brambling Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linnet Close | Under investigation |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Blackbird Leys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blackbird Leys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Merlin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merlin Road | — |
| 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 | Spindleberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knights Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorbank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorbank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Skylark Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peregrine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spindleberry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spindleberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wingate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spindleberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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