Total Crime Rate
104.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Corn Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Witney Central , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 354 local areas in West Oxfordshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Corn Street (OX28 6DA) in the last 12 months was 104.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% higher than the Witney Central average (80.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Corn Street (OX28 6DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moorland Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orkney Place (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orkney Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orkney Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orkney Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swingburn Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corndell Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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