Didcot West
WardThe west of the South Oxfordshire. About 9,081 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Didcot West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Didcot West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Didcot West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Didcot West at a rate of 80.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 47.1 per 1,000 people across South Oxfordshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 81 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Didcot West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (311), other crime (144) and shoplifting (138).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of South Oxfordshire
These figures are published for the whole of South Oxfordshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Oxfordshire and not Didcot West alone. See South Oxfordshire
Didcot West in brief
Didcot West had 8,495 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Didcot West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Didcot West, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Didcot West, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.