Oxford residents have rated vehicle-related offences as the three most common types of antisocial behaviour. This is based on the City Council’s latest residents’ survey of a representative group.
- Speeding and dangerous driving was the most common problem – identified as a problem by 61% of people
- Car Parking that was inconvenient, dangerous or illegal was second (57%)
- Fly tipping was third (48%)
Other antisocial behaviour included people using or dealing drugs (42% reported this) and litter (41%).
Robin Tucker of CoHSAT said, “There is an isolation behind a windscreen that leads some people to forget that they are part of a community. Communities depend on trust, cooperation and helping each other. Where people spend more time walking and cycling in their communities, they build better bonds, and crime and antisocial behaviour reduces.”
The Residents’ survey is conducted each year with a demographically representative panel of 1000 residents. This year’s survey ran from 30 July to 28 September 2026 and 343 panel members responded.
The survey also showed that Public Transport and Parks & Open Spaces were the top two things that residents thought made Oxford a good place to live. Despite this, buses were the public service with the highest level of dissatisfaction (24%).
Published survey results on Oxford City Council website here
