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Crime in Vale of White Horse by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

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2,220crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+17%on the 3 months beforemore crime
Uffingtonlowest rate4.7 per 1,000 a year
41.3middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Kennington (-11%), Abingdon (6%) and Shippon (14%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1South HinkseyOX1 · 3,227 residents 203.3▲ 24%violence
2North HinkseyOX2 · 37,432 residents 167.6▲ 17%violence
3SteventonOX13 · 2,117 residents 115.3▲ 205%theft from the person
4ShipponOX13 · 6,363 residents 96.8▲ 14%violence
5GroveOX12 · 21,436 residents 81.7▲ 34%violence
6FaringdonSN7 · 9,406 residents 81.2▲ 34%violence
7WantageOX12 · 20,576 residents 77.4▲ 28%violence
8AbingdonOX14 · 35,070 residents 77.2▲ 6%violence
9KenningtonOX1 · 8,030 residents 71.2▼ 11%violence
10ShrivenhamSN6 · 3,425 residents 70.1▲ 20%violence
11MiltonOX14 · 1,766 residents 63.4▼ 7%violence
12BotleyOX2 · 7,644 residents 61.7▲ 17%violence
13Stanford in the ValeSN7 · 2,635 residents 45.5▼ 12%anti-social behaviour
14Drayton (OX14)OX14 · 3,110 residents 45▼ 10%violence
15HarwellOX11 · 4,431 residents 41.5▲ 53%violence
16Dean CourtOX2 · 7,513 residents 41.5▲ 4%violence
17BlewburyOX11 · 2,133 residents 41.3▲ 83%violence
18ChiltonOX11 · 1,888 residents 40.3–violence
19East ChallowOX12 · 4,378 residents 35.6▲ 70%violence
20Wootton (OX13)OX13 · 3,041 residents 34.2▲ 30%violence
21Sutton CourtenayOX14 · 3,405 residents 34.1▲ 4%violence
22RadleyOX14 · 2,933 residents 32.7▲ 20%violence
23SouthmoorOX13 · 3,905 residents 30.7▲ 30%violence
24East HanneyOX12 · 2,865 residents 30.7▲ 47%violence
25Dry SandfordOX13 · 3,041 residents 30.3▲ 28%violence
26West HendredOX12 · 1,603 residents 29.9▼ 37%violence
27Kingston BagpuizeOX13 · 3,905 residents 28.7▲ 22%violence
28Cumnor HillOX2 · 5,444 residents 27.9▲ 81%violence
29East HendredOX12 · 1,603 residents 27.4▼ 54%violence
30MarchamOX13 · 2,474 residents 25.9▼ 24%violence
31CumnorOX2 · 2,100 residents 15.2–violence
32AppletonOX13 · 1,687 residents 4.7–violence
33UffingtonSN7 · 2,557 residents 4.7–violence

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Vale of White Horse have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Uffington, Appleton, Cumnor, Marcham and East Hendred.

Which areas of Vale of White Horse have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in South Hinksey, North Hinksey, Steventon, Shippon and Grove.

Is crime going up or down in Vale of White Horse?

Across Vale of White Horse, 2,220 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 17% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.