Total Crime Rate

98.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Other theft 10.7 8/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shepherds Hill area has the 21st highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 148th highest crime rate of 426 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 Shepherds Hill (OX4 7YD) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shepherds Hill (OX4 7YD), the main crime hotspot is near Celandine Place. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shepherds Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mole Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lobelia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mole Place —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Partridge Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Field Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hellebourine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rowan Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Rowan Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodpecker Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Columbine Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Columbine Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Celandine Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pimpernel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rampion Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rampion Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rampion Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rampion Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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