Postcode · Wantage
Crime in OX12 9YA
How much crime is recorded in OX12 9YA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wantage Town
- Council
- Vale of White Horse
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,273 (2024)
OX12 9YAWantage
How safe is OX12 9YA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 21.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OX12 9YA 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
21.5
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 9YANational
Violence and sexual offences18.423.6
Anti-social behaviour6.810.7
Burglary4.09.1
Public order3.34.6
Drugs2.02.4
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Other theft1.34.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Other crime0.21.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 13% 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.