Total Crime Rate

280.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

86.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 280.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 86.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 86.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 35.7 7/10
  • Public order 25.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.4 9/10
  • Other theft 20.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.3 9/10
  • Robbery 10.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.1 7/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gas Alley area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Thame , and the 5th highest crime rate of 452 local areas in South 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 Gas Alley (OX9 3JX) in the last 12 months was 280.6 per 1,000 residents and was 479.2% higher than the Thame average (48.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 86.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gas Alley (OX9 3JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Horseshoes Place, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lee Court (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gas Alley area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Upper High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Park Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Fairfax Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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