Total Crime Rate

171.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 171.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.9 9/10
  • Public order 25.6 10/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Priory Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Wantage & Grove Brook , and the 27th 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 Priory Road (OX12 9DD) in the last 12 months was 171.5 per 1,000 residents and was 225.1% higher than the Wantage & Grove Brook average (52.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 65.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (OX12 9DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alfred Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicars Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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 Kent Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Mews Under investigation
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Data Sources

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