Wantage and Grove vs Thames Vale Villages

Wantage and Grove has a safety score of 11/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,870 crimes in the last 12 months. Thames Vale Villages has a safety score of 74/100 (Safe) with 169 crimes. Thames Vale Villages scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Wantage and Grove shows a year-on-year crime trend of -28.3% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Thames Vale Villages shows -39.2% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Wantage and Grove, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (764 incidents). In Thames Vale Villages, it is Violent Crime (62 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Wantage and Grove recorded 238 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Thames Vale Villages recorded 24. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Wantage and Grove totalled 764 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 62 in Thames Vale Villages. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Wantage and Grove recorded 2,607 crimes (now 1,870, a change of -28.3%). Thames Vale Villages recorded 278 crimes previously (now 169, -39.2%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Wantage and Grove has a resolution rate of 14.3% and Thames Vale Villages has 0%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Wantage and Grove falls within the Thames Valley Police boundary. Thames Vale Villages is covered by Wiltshire Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Wantage and Grove and Thames Vale Villages. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.