Total Crime Rate

109.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Public order 11.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Prior Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Steventon & the Hanneys , and the 46th 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 Prior Drive (OX14 4GR) in the last 12 months was 109.3 per 1,000 residents and was 115.4% higher than the Steventon & the Hanneys average (50.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 84.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prior Drive (OX14 4GR), the main crime hotspot is near Plough Lane. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Steventon & the Hanneys

Crime Over Time in Prior Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corneville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Monk Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plough Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plough Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plough Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plough Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caudwell Close —
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 7 of 7

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑