Postcode · Wantage
Crime in OX12 8DF
How much crime is recorded in OX12 8DF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury
- Council
- Vale of White Horse
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,393 (2024)
OX12 8DFWantage
How safe is OX12 8DF
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OX12 8DF area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
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 8DFNational
Violence and sexual offences17.623.6
Burglary4.79.1
Public order3.94.6
Anti-social behaviour3.410.7
Other theft3.44.5
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Other crime1.91.5
Drugs0.62.4
Vehicle crime0.53.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% 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.