Total Crime Rate

84.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Forget 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.

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Crime Over Time in Forget Me Not Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Ground Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coltsfoot Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxglove Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bluebell Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Farm Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hyacinth Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hyacinth Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Angelica Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Coltsfoot Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Coltsfoot Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunnock Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunnock Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Grass Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Celandine Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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