Wantage Town
Middle areaSouth Vale of White Horse. 11,333 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Wantage Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Wantage Town
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wantage Town at a rate of 68.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 52.2 per 1,000 people across Vale of White Horse.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 317 |
| Other crime | 166 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 114 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 63 |
| Drug offences | 37 |
| Shoplifting | 31 |
| Burglary | 26 |
| Vehicle crime | 19 |
| Theft from the person | 6 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Wantage Town compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wantage Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wantage Town at a rate of 68.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 52.2 per 1,000 people across Vale of White Horse.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 80 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wantage Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (317), other crime (166) and anti-social behaviour (114).
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 Vale of White Horse
These figures are published for the whole of Vale of White Horse, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Vale of White Horse and not Wantage Town alone. See Vale of White Horse
Wantage Town in brief
The median price paid for a home in Wantage Town was £348,500 in 2025.
Wantage Town had 10,067 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Wantage Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wantage Town, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.