Total Crime Rate
192.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spurrett Gardens area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Carterton South , and the 8th 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 Spurrett Gardens (OX18 3PB) in the last 12 months was 192.0 per 1,000 residents and was 282.9% higher than the Carterton South average (50.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spurrett Gardens (OX18 3PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Carterton South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Peel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Peel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Peel Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arkell Avenue | Under investigation |
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