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

Crime statistics for Watchfield, Vale of White Horse

There were a total of 11 street level crime incidents in Watchfield in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Watchfield, 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 Crime4
Burglary3
Criminal Damage Arson2
Other Theft1
Anti Social Behaviour1
All Crime11

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Watchfield. 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 Watchfield

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Haresfield (3.1 miles)26
Watchfield11
Shrivenham (0.62 miles)11
Little Coxwell (3.1 miles)7
Fernham (2.77 miles)3
Compton Beauchamp (3.1 miles)2
Longcot (1.86 miles)2
Knighton (3.1 miles)2
Coleshill (1.96 miles)1
Bourton (1.96 miles)0

7.34%
of Blunsdon and Highworth residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Watchfield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Haresfield16
Little Coxwell5
Watchfield4
Shrivenham4
Fernham1
Longcot1
Compton Beauchamp0
Knighton0
Coleshill0
Bourton0

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

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 Watchfield 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 Watchfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Watchfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Watchfield is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Walcot and Park North88
2Penhill and Upper Stratton70
3Liden, Eldene and Park South69
4St Margaret and South Marston50
5Covingham and Dorcan45
6Blunsdon and Highworth33
7Ridgeway30
8Faringdon27
9Alvescot and Filkins12
10Stanford9
11Watchfield & Shrivenham6

Which road in Watchfield has the highest level of crime?

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

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