Total Crime Rate
66.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Edinburgh Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Didcot West , and the 91st highest crime rate of 452 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 7HT) in the last 12 months was 66.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.6% lower than the Didcot West average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 135.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edinburgh Drive (OX11 7HT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Garth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edinburgh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edinburgh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Close | Under investigation |
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