Total Crime Rate

70.8 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 70.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Colwell Drive area has the 24th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Witney Central , and the 78th 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 Colwell Drive (OX28 5NW) in the last 12 months was 70.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.6% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colwell Drive (OX28 5NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beechgate, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holford Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Colwell Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ducklington Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ducklington Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ducklington Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beechgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beechgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beechgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Beechgate Under investigation
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Data Sources

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