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Crime in OX1

How much crime is recorded in OX1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Oxford
Region
South East
Population
42,657 (2024)
Crime

How safe is OX1

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 29.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in OX1, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
29.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
84
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

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).

OX1National
Violence and sexual offences24.223.6
Shoplifting17.18.4
Burglary13.39.1
Other theft8.34.5
Public order7.84.6
Bicycle theft7.11.0
Anti-social behaviour6.410.7
Theft from the person5.42.1
Criminal damage and arson4.54.7
Drugs2.62.4
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Robbery1.71.4
Other crime1.01.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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