Total Crime Rate
655.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
370.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cemetery Road area has the highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Abingdon Abbey Northcourt , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 422 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 Cemetery Road (OX14 1GN) in the last 12 months was 655.5 per 1,000 residents and was 426.0% higher than the Abingdon Abbey Northcourt average (124.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 102 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 144 (≈ 370.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cemetery Road (OX14 1GN), the main crime hotspot is near Thornley Close. Police recorded 219 crimes here, including 124 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abingdon Fitzharris| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colwell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | A415 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckles Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ock Mill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ock Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornley Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thornley Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thornley Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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