Crime Statistics for Horspath, Oxfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Horspath, Horspath

There were a total of 23 street level crime incidents in Horspath in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Horspath, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime7
Burglary4
Criminal Damage Arson4
Vehicle Crime3
Public Order2
Anti Social Behaviour1
Other Theft1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime23

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Horspath. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Horspath

We've taken the ten nearest places to Horspath and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Horspath has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Temple Cowley (1.86 miles)379
Blackird Leys (1.39 miles)296
New Headington (1.76 miles)215
Sandhills (1.96 miles)138
Blenheim (1.24 miles)52
Horspath23
Littleworth (0.88 miles)8
Garsington (1.39 miles)5
Forest Hill (1.96 miles)3
Cuddesdon (1.96 miles)2

10.74%
of Garsington & Horspath residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Horspath?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Horspath and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Temple Cowley117
Blackird Leys94
New Headington76
Sandhills40
Blenheim26
Horspath7
Littleworth4
Garsington2
Forest Hill2
Cuddesdon0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Horspath?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Horspath to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Horspath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Horspath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Horspath is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Blackbird Leys76
2Littlemore74
3Northfield Brook68
4Rose Hill and Iffley63
5Cowley57
6Cowley Marsh52
7Lye Valley34
8Garsington & Horspath32
9Quarry and Risinghurst30
10Headington24
11Wheatley19

Which road in Horspath has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Horspath with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Cuddeston Road.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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