Total Crime Rate

46.3 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 46.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.4 5/10
  • Shoplifting 12.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Public order 1.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Tower Hill area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Witney Central , and the 145th 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 Tower Hill (OX28 5ER) in the last 12 months was 46.3 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Hill (OX28 5ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windrush Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windrush Valley Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windrush Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windrush Valley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldmere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldmere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vale Road
Sep 2025Other theft Leveret Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windrush Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wychwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windrush Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Windrush Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenman Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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