Crime Rates at Boot Lane, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0FS

Boot Lane area has the 6th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Blewbury & Harwell , and the 67th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in Vale of White Horse .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Boot Lane (OX11 0FS) in the last 12 months was 82.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% higher than the Blewbury & Harwell average (68.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 433.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 91.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boot Lane (OX11 0FS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crown Fields, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Talbot Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.