Total Crime Rate

88.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 15.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.2 1/10
  • Burglary 1.2 1/10
  • Drugs 1.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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
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

Chapel Hill area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Alvescot and Filkins , and the 46th highest crime rate of 352 local areas in West Oxfordshire .

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 Chapel Hill (OX18 3NB) in the last 12 months was 88.6 per 1,000 residents and was 94.6% higher than the Alvescot and Filkins average (45.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 54.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 85.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chapel Hill (OX18 3NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Witney Road, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moat Close (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chapel Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carterton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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