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Safest Areas in Oxford

Data: 2025-04 to 2026-03 · Source: data.police.uk

Burglaries (12 months)

527

2.91 per 1,000 residents

UK average (per 1,000)

3.4

England & Wales

vs UK average

-14%

burglary rate difference

Safest neighbourhoods in Oxford

Ranked by burglary rate, lowest first

1

Lye Valley

1.54/1,000
Safety score: 78
2

Forest Hill & Holton

1.95/1,000
Safety score: 68
3

Botley & Sunningwell

2.12/1,000
Safety score: 63
4

Summertown

2.15/1,000
Safety score: 63
5

Marston

2.18/1,000
Safety score: 62
6

Donnington

2.44/1,000
Safety score: 55
7

Churchill

2.49/1,000
Safety score: 54
8

Northfield Brook

2.54/1,000
Safety score: 53
9

Temple Cowley

2.59/1,000
Safety score: 52
10

Walton Manor

2.78/1,000
Safety score: 47
11

Kidlington East

2.83/1,000
Safety score: 46
12

Blackbird Leys

2.87/1,000
Safety score: 45
13

St Clement's

2.98/1,000
Safety score: 43
14

Cumnor

3.03/1,000
Safety score: 42
15

Headington

3.11/1,000
Safety score: 41
16

Rose Hill & Iffley

3.11/1,000
Safety score: 41
17

Cutteslowe & Sunnymead

3.17/1,000
Safety score: 40
18

Osney & St Thomas

3.18/1,000
Safety score: 39
19

St Mary's

3.18/1,000
Safety score: 39
20

Headington Hill & Northway

3.33/1,000
Safety score: 37
21

Quarry & Risinghurst

3.41/1,000
Safety score: 35
22

Cowley

3.54/1,000
Safety score: 33
23

Holywell

3.57/1,000
Safety score: 33
24

Garsington & Horspath

3.72/1,000
Safety score: 30
25

Carfax & Jericho

3.85/1,000
Safety score: 28
26

Hinksey Park

3.94/1,000
Safety score: 27
27

Barton & Sandhills

4.08/1,000
Safety score: 25
28

Sandford & the Wittenhams

4.20/1,000
Safety score: 23
29

Wolvercote

4.22/1,000
Safety score: 23
30

Littlemore

4.70/1,000
Safety score: 18

Burglary hotspots in Oxford

Ranked by burglary rate, highest first

1

Littlemore

4.70/1,000
Safety score: 18
2

Wolvercote

4.22/1,000
Safety score: 23
3

Sandford & the Wittenhams

4.20/1,000
Safety score: 23
4

Barton & Sandhills

4.08/1,000
Safety score: 25
5

Hinksey Park

3.94/1,000
Safety score: 27
6

Carfax & Jericho

3.85/1,000
Safety score: 28
7

Garsington & Horspath

3.72/1,000
Safety score: 30
8

Holywell

3.57/1,000
Safety score: 33
9

Cowley

3.54/1,000
Safety score: 33
10

Quarry & Risinghurst

3.41/1,000
Safety score: 35
11

Headington Hill & Northway

3.33/1,000
Safety score: 37
12

Osney & St Thomas

3.18/1,000
Safety score: 39
13

St Mary's

3.18/1,000
Safety score: 39
14

Cutteslowe & Sunnymead

3.17/1,000
Safety score: 40
15

Headington

3.11/1,000
Safety score: 41
16

Rose Hill & Iffley

3.11/1,000
Safety score: 41
17

Cumnor

3.03/1,000
Safety score: 42
18

St Clement's

2.98/1,000
Safety score: 43
19

Blackbird Leys

2.87/1,000
Safety score: 45
20

Kidlington East

2.83/1,000
Safety score: 46
21

Walton Manor

2.78/1,000
Safety score: 47
22

Temple Cowley

2.59/1,000
Safety score: 52
23

Northfield Brook

2.54/1,000
Safety score: 53
24

Churchill

2.49/1,000
Safety score: 54
25

Donnington

2.44/1,000
Safety score: 55
26

Marston

2.18/1,000
Safety score: 62
27

Summertown

2.15/1,000
Safety score: 63
28

Botley & Sunningwell

2.12/1,000
Safety score: 63
29

Forest Hill & Holton

1.95/1,000
Safety score: 68
30

Lye Valley

1.54/1,000
Safety score: 78

About Oxford

Population

181,263

Households

63,051

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Crime data from data.police.uk. Population data from Census 2021. Data covers 2025-04 to 2026-03.