Crime · Oxford

Reported crime in Oxford

Name: Oxford crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

18,732 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 103 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

18,732

Rate / 1,000

103

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	6,386	34%
Shoplifting	2,232	12%
Anti social behaviour	1,717	9%
Other theft	1,626	9%
Public order	1,582	8%
Criminal damage and arson	1,167	6%
Bicycle theft	933	5%
Vehicle crime	793	4%
Drugs	721	4%
Burglary	547	3%
Theft from the person	350	2%
Other crime	306	2%
Robbery	255	1%
Possession of weapons	117	1%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	537	569	505	445	499	478	538	540	541	587	580	567	6386
Shoplifting	185	164	183	186	167	172	163	199	212	185	211	205	2232
Anti social behaviour	134	153	98	108	81	106	147	170	167	158	189	206	1717
Other theft	145	154	161	131	115	120	119	120	135	140	156	130	1626
Public order	136	98	131	117	116	117	126	126	134	136	200	145	1582
Criminal damage and arson	100	98	89	85	87	94	94	108	102	105	110	95	1167
Bicycle theft	73	81	106	56	53	60	63	95	96	90	97	63	933
Vehicle crime	72	79	74	84	86	61	41	43	45	53	95	60	793
Drugs	72	80	91	70	70	56	61	50	46	33	46	46	721
Burglary	54	33	42	38	47	32	33	45	50	64	53	56	547
Theft from the person	28	30	39	32	16	26	18	17	15	24	64	41	350
Other crime	23	24	27	27	34	36	24	16	23	32	25	15	306
Robbery	16	12	25	27	17	23	17	21	18	23	27	29	255
Possession of weapons	17	4	11	11	6	16	8	8	3	19	6	8	117
Total	1592	1579	1582	1417	1394	1397	1452	1558	1587	1649	1859	1666	18732

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Oxford, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 181,247.