Total Crime Rate
206.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spring Meadow area has the 5th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Witney Central , and the 6th 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 Spring Meadow (OX28 5DJ) in the last 12 months was 206.2 per 1,000 residents and was 151.7% higher than the Witney Central average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 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 ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 103.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spring Meadow (OX28 5DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spring Meadow, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gregory Place (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Witney Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayson Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Meadow | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coral Springs Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coral Springs Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gregory Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gregory Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gregory Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Horne Lane | Under investigation |
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