Total Crime Rate

349.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 349.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 202.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.2 10/10
  • Public order 33.0 10/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Whitley Close area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Grove North , and the 9th 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 Whitley Close (OX12 0GE) in the last 12 months was 349.1 per 1,000 residents and was 483.2% higher than the Grove North average (59.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 235.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3100.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitley Close (OX12 0GE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Mary'S (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitley Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Little Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Mary'S Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Ivies —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Mary'S Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order B4507 Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4507 Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicars Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Limborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Mary'S Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alfred Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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