Total Crime Rate

22.6 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 22.6 2/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

The Square area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Ascott and Shipton , and the 90th lowest crime rate of 352 local areas in West Oxfordshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Square (OX7 6JN) in the last 12 months was 22.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower than the Ascott and Shipton average (41.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 9.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Square (OX7 6JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Reade Close, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fettiplace (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Square area

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Data Sources

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