Postcode · Wantage
Crime in OX12 0NS
How much crime is recorded in OX12 0NS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Grove
- Council
- Vale of White Horse
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,207 (2024)
OX12 0NSWantage
How safe is OX12 0NS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 25.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OX12 0NS area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
OX12 0NSNational
Violence and sexual offences22.523.6
Burglary6.29.1
Public order5.24.6
Anti-social behaviour3.710.7
Drugs2.62.4
Other theft2.14.5
Criminal damage and arson1.94.7
Other crime1.51.5
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 43% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.