Total Crime Rate

36.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 36.1 4/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Recreation Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Stonesfield and Tackley , and the 173rd lowest crime rate of 352 local areas in West Oxfordshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Recreation Road (OX20 1NY) in the last 12 months was 36.1 per 1,000 residents and was 8.1% higher than the Stonesfield and Tackley average (33.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Recreation Road (OX20 1NY), the main crime hotspot is near Hedge End. Police recorded 13 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Recreation Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedge End Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shipton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plane Tree Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Recreation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedge End Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hedge End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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