Crime Rates at Harcourt Road, Wantage, OX12 7DQ

Harcourt Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Wantage & Grove Brook , and the 139th lowest crime rate of 428 local areas in Vale of White Horse .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Harcourt Road (OX12 7DQ) in the last 12 months was 24.2 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% lower than the Wantage & Grove Brook average (52.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 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 6 (≈ 18.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harcourt Road (OX12 7DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Courtenay Road, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upthorpe Drive (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.