Total Crime Rate

471.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 471.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 115.6 9/10
  • Other theft 57.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 44.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 31.1 10/10
  • Public order 31.1 10/10
  • Other crime 17.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 13.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Robbery 8.9 9/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Blacklands Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Abingdon Abbey Northcourt , and the 6th 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 Blacklands Way (OX14 1DY) in the last 12 months was 471.1 per 1,000 residents and was 287.2% higher than the Abingdon Abbey Northcourt average (121.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 164.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blacklands Way (OX14 1DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blacklands Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairacres Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wyndyke Furlong Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndyke Furlong Under investigation
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Data Sources

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