Total Crime Rate

76.7 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 76.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 10.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Frethern Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Alvescot and Filkins , and the 63rd 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 Frethern Close (OX18 4NY) in the last 12 months was 76.7 per 1,000 residents and was 68.4% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Frethern Close (OX18 4NY), the main crime hotspot is near Burford Mews. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Frethern Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Frethern Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burford Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burford Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime High Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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