Postcode · Oxford
Crime in OX2 8BA
How much crime is recorded in OX2 8BA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wolvercote & Cutteslowe
- Council
- Oxford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,919 (2024)
How safe is OX2 8BA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 31.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OX2 8BA area, 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
31.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
56
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
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).
OX2 8BANational
Violence and sexual offences24.623.6
Burglary11.59.1
Criminal damage and arson8.84.7
Anti-social behaviour4.410.7
Other theft3.74.5
Public order3.64.6
Vehicle crime3.13.5
Drugs2.02.4
Other crime1.91.5
Robbery0.41.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.