Witney West
WardThe south of the West Oxfordshire. About 6,982 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Witney West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Witney West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Witney West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Witney West at a rate of 44.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 48.8 per 1,000 people across West Oxfordshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Witney West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (143), anti-social behaviour (66) and other crime (50).
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 West Oxfordshire
These figures are published for the whole of West Oxfordshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of West Oxfordshire and not Witney West alone. See West Oxfordshire
Witney West in brief
Witney West had 5,622 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Witney West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Witney West, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Witney West, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.