Crime in OX
How much crime is recorded in OX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Cherwell
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 754,463 (2024)
OXPostcode area · Oxford
How safe is OX
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 21.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in OX, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all council areas.
Lower than most council areas in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates use each neighbourhood's latest twelve published months, which end between January 2026 and August 2026 because police forces publish on different schedules.