Crime Statistics for Harwell, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Harwell, Vale of White Horse

There were a total of 14 street level crime incidents in Harwell in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Harwell, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime9
Criminal Damage Arson1
Anti Social Behaviour1
Burglary1
Public Order1
Other Theft1
All Crime14

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Harwell. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Harwell

We've taken the ten nearest places to Harwell and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Harwell has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Milton (1.96 miles)22
Coscote (1.39 miles)19
Milton Heights (1.39 miles)17
Harwell14
Tadley (2.56 miles)13
Appleford (3.1 miles)4
Mill Brook (3.05 miles)3
Milton Hill (1.39 miles)3
Chilton (2.56 miles)3
Rowstock (1.24 miles)1

19.36%
of Didcot West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Harwell?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Harwell and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Harwell9
Tadley7
Milton6
Coscote5
Milton Heights5
Mill Brook2
Chilton2
Milton Hill1
Appleford0
Rowstock0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Harwell?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Harwell to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Harwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Harwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Harwell is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Didcot South41
2Sandford & the Wittenhams37
3Didcot West34
4Abingdon Caldecott24
5Ridgeway19
6Abingdon Fitzharris19
7Hendreds13
8Didcot North East13
9Blewbury & Harwell10
10Drayton5
11Sutton Courtenay5

Which road in Harwell has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Harwell with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Partridge Close.

Last updated: February 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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