Barton & Sandhills ward · Oxford. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 35% here, compared with 21% across Oxford (14.4 percentage points higher).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 37.5% here, compared with 48.1% across Oxford (10.6 percentage points lower).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 21.8% here, compared with 12.6% across Oxford (9.2 percentage points higher).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Barton & Sandhills ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
490 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 474 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Barton & Sandhills ward · mapped crimes
153861
September 2024August 2026
Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Barton & Sandhills
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
42
9
October 2024
58
16
November 2024
37
4
December 2024
30
6
January 2025
20
1
February 2025
24
3
March 2025
42
12
April 2025
39
24
May 2025
42
10
June 2025
47
13
July 2025
50
13
August 2025
43
7
September 2025
43
4
October 2025
35
6
November 2025
35
5
December 2025
41
4
January 2026
46
2
February 2026
46
4
March 2026
49
5
April 2026
27
5
May 2026
36
13
June 2026
48
8
July 2026
48
12
August 2026
36
11
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Barton & Sandhills
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
254
criminal damage arson
52
public order
51
other theft
47
drugs
24
burglary
17
vehicle crime
16
other crime
12
possession of weapons
8
theft from the person
4
bicycle theft
2
shoplifting
2
robbery
1
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
