Crime Rates at Grove Road, Wantage, OX12 7BU

Grove Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Wantage & Grove Brook , and the 138th lowest crime rate of 422 local areas in Vale of White Horse .

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 Grove Road (OX12 7BU) in the last 12 months was 25.2 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% lower 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 3 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 Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Road (OX12 7BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Little Lane, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Worthington Way (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.