Crime Rate in Faringdon, ward

Faringdon has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 wards in Vale of White Horse district and the 2986th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 407th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Faringdon in the last 12 months was 75.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% higher than the Vale of White Horse district average (57.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Faringdon’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 272 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 70.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 335 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Faringdon ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Marlborough Close, with 57 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Fernham Road (23 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.