Postcode · Oxford
Crime in OX3 7JP
How much crime is recorded in OX3 7JP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Lye Valley & Cowley East
- Council
- Oxford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,904 (2024)
OX3 7JPOxford
How safe is OX3 7JP
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 27.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OX3 7JP area, below 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
27.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
89
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).
OX3 7JPNational
Shoplifting36.38.4
Violence and sexual offences16.723.6
Burglary11.59.1
Vehicle crime6.73.5
Anti-social behaviour6.110.7
Other theft4.24.5
Drugs3.82.4
Bicycle theft3.61.0
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Public order2.54.6
Robbery1.71.4
Other crime1.31.5
Theft from the person1.12.1
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 28% 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.