Total Crime Rate
225.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackbird Leys Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 48th 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 Blackbird Leys Road (OX4 6JB) in the last 12 months was 225.6 per 1,000 residents and was 90.4% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 164.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackbird Leys Road (OX4 6JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birchfield Close, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (24 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 | Other crime | Birchfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Moorbank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Grass Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Ground | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunnock Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunnock Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluebell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Angelica Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorbank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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