A pensioner was robbed by a teenage cyclist outside an Oxford community centre.

The 64-year-old woman was walking past Headington Community Centre, in Gladstone Road, at 5.40pm yesterday.

The teenager rammed into her with his bike and snatched her bag.

He was described as black, in his late teens, about 5ft 8in tall, of average build and was wearing a black baseball cap with a white pattern on it and a black tracksuit.

Dc Simon Beaton, investigating the incident, said: "The teenager made off in the direction of Quarry High Street.

"I appeal to anyone who was in the Headington area yesterday and saw a man of this description on a bike to contact police immediately."

Anyone with information should call police on 08458 505505 or speak anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.