Total Crime Rate

47.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 47.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.5 6/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 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
  • Shoplifting 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.
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Crime overview

The Crescent area has the 5th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Carterton South , and the 137th highest crime rate of 352 local areas in West Oxfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Crescent (OX18 3SH) in the last 12 months was 47.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Crescent (OX18 3SH), the main crime hotspot is near Whittington Place. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Main Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Main Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittington Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whittington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whittington Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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