Is New College Lane in Oxford safe?

New College Lane has an area-safety proxy score of 25/100. It uses recorded incident counts for the associated LSOA, not a population-adjusted crime rate or a prediction of personal safety. Based on police.uk open data.

New College Lane

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Mapped street Green-space proximity 95/100 Transport proximity 50/100 Risk indicators: Data incomplete Low confidence

Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 25/100; transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 95/100. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.

Compare Profile Scores

Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.

Highest profile: RetireesFair

Available components: area-safety proxy 25/100; green-space proximity 95/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 45/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

Families

Low

Available components: area-safety proxy 25/100; family indicators 35/100; green-space proximity 95/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

How this is calculated

Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.

Young Professionals

Low

Available components: transport-stop proximity 50/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

How this is calculated

Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.

Retirees

Fair

How this is calculated

Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.

First-time Buyers

Low

Available components: transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 25/100. Data unavailable: sale price. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.

How this is calculated

Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.

Liveability Score

Indicative · relative within Oxford

Low confidence Based on no transaction data, 4 data sources

Flood mapping

The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.

Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.

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Things You Should Know

Low area-safety score

Area safety score 25/100 — based on recorded incident counts for the associated LSOA, not this specific street. Counts are not adjusted for population and do not establish an above-average crime rate.

Low area-safety score

Score 25/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.

How Life Works Here

New College Lane is located in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The associated LSOA area has 2400 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 12 of the 12 selected months. These are area counts, not street-level incidents or population-adjusted rates; they do not establish a comparison with local or national averages. No nearby amenity records are available in this extract. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Wadham College) is 165m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The price sample is too small to publish a median; at least eight recorded transactions are required. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 9,900; owner-occupied homes 8.6%; social housing 6.4%; retired population 1.1%; average household size 17.6. There are 4 schools within 2 km, 4 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Primary schools are nearby, though secondary options may require travel. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is retirees at 50/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 47/100. Its recorded district percentile is 17. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.

Nearby Services (5 km)

Score Breakdown

Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.

Safety (area) Poor (25)

police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted

Daily Access Low (30)

OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km

Transport Fair (50)

DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops

Green-space proximity Excellent (95)

OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality

Market Value Data unavailable

HM Land Registry price paid data

Family Low (35)

GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators

Amenity proximity Fair (45)

Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment

Energy Data unavailable

EPC Register — awaiting public API access

Flood Risk Excellent (90)

English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately

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Public Services Nearby

Public facilities within walking distance from New College Lane, with detailed information for each.

gyms & sports centres (3)

PureGym 649m · 8 min walk
Buzz Gym 659m · 8 min walk
Jiu-Jitsu Republic 1151m · 14 min walk

hospitals (4)

KES@Northgate 355m · 4 min walk
Northgate Health Centre 367m · 5 min walk
Luther Street Medical Centre 811m · 10 min walk
Cavendish Imaging Oxford 1273m · 16 min walk

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libraries (3)

Radcliffe Camera 108m · 1 min walk
Weston Library 152m · 2 min walk
Harris Manchester College Library 208m · 3 min walk

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parks & green spaces (5)

Warden's Garden 59m · 1 min walk
Provost's Garden 117m · 2 min walk
Barbara Naylor Garden 129m · 2 min walk
The Fellows' Garden 137m · 2 min walk
Warden's Garden 144m · 2 min walk

schools (5)

St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School 1234m · 15 min walk
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City 1321m · 16 min walk
Grandpont Nursery School 1335m · 17 min walk
St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School 1732m · 22 min walk
New Hinksey Church of England Primary School 1784m · 22 min walk

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Transport Links

Wadham College bus_stop165m

Broad Street bus_stop179m

Queens Lane bus_stop210m

Oxford Rail Station rail_station1157m

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Data Transparency

4 open data sources

45% data uniqueness

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OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0

All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees. Limited data available for this street — interpret scores with caution.