Total Crime Rate

88.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.4 7/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Candytuft Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Blewbury & Harwell , and the 63rd 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 Candytuft Way (OX11 6FX) in the last 12 months was 88.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Candytuft Way (OX11 6FX), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Candytuft Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sir Chetwode Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenwood Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenwood Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sir Chetwode Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Candytuft Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Candytuft Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
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Data Sources

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