Total Crime Rate

72.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.3 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 72.4 6/10
  • Violent crimes 56.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Starwort Path area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 200th highest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Starwort Path (OX4 6RN) in the last 12 months was 72.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.7% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Starwort Path (OX4 6RN), the main crime hotspot is near Erica Close. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Starwort Path area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/31)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pimpernel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Partridge Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prunus Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brook View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Berry Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hellebourine Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lobelia Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Primrose Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Partridge Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crowberry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Prunus Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Field Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Field Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Periwinkle Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Little Bury Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Little Bury Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Bury Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Bury Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Prunus Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Pine Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Briar Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erica Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erica Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Timothy Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Yew Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Timothy Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Centaury Place —
Apr 2026Public order Rampion Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Overbrooke Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Erica Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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