Total Crime Rate

44.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 44.1 4/10
  • Shoplifting 11.8 6/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.8 2/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Loyd Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Didcot South , and the 177th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in South Oxfordshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Loyd Road (OX11 8JS) in the last 12 months was 44.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower than the Didcot South average (52.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Loyd Road (OX11 8JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cockcroft Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Downs Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Loyd Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowness Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowness Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warner Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warner Crescent —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Downs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Loyd Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockcroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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