Total Crime Rate
148.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashmole Place area has the 12th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 91st 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 Ashmole Place (OX4 6TE) in the last 12 months was 148.6 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 65.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashmole Place (OX4 6TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Druce Way, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Erica Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Briar Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawpit Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tucker Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tucker Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tucker Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tucker Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Prunus Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prunus Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Erica Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erica Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawpit Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tucker Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawpit Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erica Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jourdain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jourdain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmole Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmole Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmole Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Comfrey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Comfrey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Comfrey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tucker Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tucker Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Comfrey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Druce Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Druce Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Druce Way | Under investigation |
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