The BBC has a nice interactive map of crime across Oxford. It’s good to see I spend most of my life within the major crime hotspots, those being the centre centre and the triangle formed by Cowley Road and Iffley Road (although I did use to live in Manchester, so I can’t really complain). Incidentally, Cowley Road is described in the commentary as “vibrant”, which now appears to be the accepted media euphemism for ‘has black and Asian people in it’.

Apparently Oxford was chosen because “in terms of demographics, and particularly in terms of levels and types of crimes, it is typical of the national picture.” Oxford is typical in terms of demographics? For some reason I thought the percentage of over-privileged Pimms-drinking punting students in the city was higher than the norm.

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