Crime Rates at Lime Tree Close, Carterton, OX18 3AB

Lime Tree Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Carterton North East , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 352 local areas in West Oxfordshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lime Tree Close (OX18 3AB) in the last 12 months was 40.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.1% higher than the Carterton North East average (34.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Tree Close (OX18 3AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peel Place, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Britannia Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.