Total Crime Rate

135.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 135.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 55.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Drugs 10.4 8/10
  • Other crime 10.4 9/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackbird Leys Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 97th 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 Blackbird Leys Road (OX4 6HT) in the last 12 months was 135.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackbird Leys Road (OX4 6HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birchfield Close, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pegasus Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackbird Leys Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pegasus Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spindleberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Birchfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Birchfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spindleberry Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spindleberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spindleberry Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Windale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Moorbank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Strawberry Path —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dunnock Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pegasus Road —
Apr 2026Public order Knights Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knights Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knights Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Long Ground —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorbank Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Strawberry Path Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Birchfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackbird Leys Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Merlin Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Merlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Blackbird Leys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Blackbird Leys Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Blackbird Leys Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Blackbird Leys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pegasus Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Blackbird Leys Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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