Total Crime Rate
84.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Forget Me Not Way area has the 27th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Blackbird Leys , and the 177th highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Forget Me Not Way (OX4 7ZD) in the last 12 months was 84.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forget Me Not Way (OX4 7ZD), the main crime hotspot is near Pegasus Road. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackbird Leys| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Ground | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coltsfoot Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluebell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hyacinth Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyacinth Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Angelica Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coltsfoot Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Coltsfoot Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunnock Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunnock Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Grass Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Celandine Place | Under investigation |
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