Total Crime Rate
63.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Edinburgh Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Didcot West , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 456 local areas in South Oxfordshire .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Edinburgh Drive (OX11 7HS) in the last 12 months was 63.8 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% lower than the Didcot West average (86.7 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 , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 360.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edinburgh Drive (OX11 7HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broadway (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Didcot West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bosley'S Orchard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kynaston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Leys Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Broadway | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | White Leys Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kynaston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kynaston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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