Crime Rates at Smiths Wharf, Wantage, OX12 9GX

Smiths Wharf area has the 5th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Wantage & Grove Brook , and the 18th 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 Smiths Wharf (OX12 9GX) in the last 12 months was 216.8 per 1,000 residents and was 310.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -92.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smiths Wharf (OX12 9GX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 84 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.