Total Crime Rate
152.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Row area has the 5th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Wantage & Grove Brook , and the 29th highest crime rate of 422 local areas in Vale of White Horse .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Row (OX12 7BJ) in the last 12 months was 152.6 per 1,000 residents and was 201.5% higher than the Wantage & Grove Brook average (50.6 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Row (OX12 7BJ), the main crime hotspot is near St Mary'S. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Limborough Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirlings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Mary'S | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Liddiard Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Ivies | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirlings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Ivies | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Ivies | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Ivies | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Ivies | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Ivies | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Harcourt Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallingford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Ivies | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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