Total Crime Rate

127.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 58.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.6 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wantage Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Didcot West , and the 20th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in South Oxfordshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wantage Road (OX11 0BS) in the last 12 months was 127.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% higher than the Didcot West average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -8.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wantage Road (OX11 0BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunsden Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wantage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wantage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dunsden Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Dunsden Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Edmonds Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Samor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glyn Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsden Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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