Total Crime Rate
69.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brake Hill area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 208th 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 Brake Hill (OX4 7RU) in the last 12 months was 69.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brake Hill (OX4 7RU), the main crime hotspot is near Periwinkle Place. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Bury | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Partridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pimpernel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lobelia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Little Bury | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Little Bury | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Field Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Bury | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hellebourine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenfinch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenfinch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbine Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbine Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Overbrooke Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbine Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swallow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Partridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rampion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Periwinkle Place | Under investigation |
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