Wantage & Grove Brook
WardSouth east Vale of White Horse. About 8,391 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Wantage & Grove Brook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wantage & Grove Brook compares
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Is Wantage & Grove Brook safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wantage & Grove Brook at a rate of 56.7 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, 38 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wantage & Grove Brook.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (186), other crime (92) and anti-social behaviour (51).
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 ward, so they describe all of Vale of White Horse and not Wantage & Grove Brook alone. See Vale of White Horse
Wantage & Grove Brook in brief
Wantage & Grove Brook had 7,725 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Wantage & Grove Brook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wantage & Grove Brook, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wantage & Grove Brook, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.