Crime Rate in Wantage Charlton, ward

Wantage Charlton has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Vale of White Horse district and the 3616th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 525th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wantage Charlton in the last 12 months was 66.6 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% higher than the Vale of White Horse district average (57.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wantage Charlton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 251 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 171.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 317 (≈ 35.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wantage Charlton ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 69 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Elder Way (29 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.