A 20-year-old man was taken to hospital early today after being stabbed in the chest.

Paramedics were called to Sherwood Avenue, in Abingdon, at 3.14am after receiving calls that a man had been stabbed.

The man was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford, with injuries that were considered serious, but not life-threatening.

The man later discharged himself from hospital and is refusing to speak to police regarding the incident.