Total Crime Rate

83.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 83.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.1 6/10
  • Other theft 16.6 9/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 2/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Shute Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Ridgeway , and the 66th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in Vale of White Horse .

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 Shute Avenue (SN6 8SX) in the last 12 months was 83.0 per 1,000 residents and was 101.1% higher than the Ridgeway average (41.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 45.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shute Avenue (SN6 8SX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northford Hill, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Squires Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shute Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Northford Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northford Hill —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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