Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0Tackley records less burglary, vehicle crime and damage per head than nine in ten UK towns
Overall, it grades A− for safety. More crime per resident is recorded in 68% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. For every 1,000 residents, 15.5 violent and sexual offences and 4.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were logged a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Tackley
Less crime than many places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Tackley has the 408th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Hatton, Weston Turville and Pen-clawdd, higher than Charminster, Brighstone and Lea. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Tackley’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 64 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Tackley against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Crime in Tackley per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 8 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Of 1,214 towns its size, Tackley is 408th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 46 | Lower Shiplake Oxfordshire | 1,086 | 5.8 | 4 | 2.5 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 111 | Middle Barton Oxfordshire | 1,762 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 1.7 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 115 | Chawley Oxfordshire | 1,127 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 139 | Freeland Oxfordshire | 1,520 | 10.8 | 3.3 | 0.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 405 | Charminster Dorset | 1,732 | 15 | 4.8 | 2.5 | A− |
| 406 | Brighstone Isle of Wight | 1,177 | 15 | 4.8 | 1.1 | A− |
| 407 | Lea Lincolnshire | 1,006 | 13.3 | 6.6 | 2.3 | A− |
| 408 | Tackley Oxfordshire | 1,073 | 15.5 | 4.4 | 2.8 | A− |
| 409 | Ditchling East Sussex | 1,123 | 8 | 11.9 | 2.4 | A− |
| 410 | Launton Oxfordshire | 1,374 | 14.6 | 5.3 | 2.7 | A− |
| 411 | Ashurst Wood West Sussex | 1,508 | 14.6 | 5.3 | 2 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Tackley, and others in Oxfordshire.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 14 | 13 | 16.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 5 | 4.7 | 1.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 2.8 | 1.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 1 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 1 | 0.9 | 5.3 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
15 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 16 the year before
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month).
No one died in a collision on Tackley’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Tackley in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Tackley is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Tackley’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Tackley had 0.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Tackley’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Tackley
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tackley | 1,073 | 15.5 | 4.4 | A− |
| Woodstock | 3,522 | 18.6 | 6.5 | B+ |
| Upper Heyford | 2,481 | 39.1 | 7.5 | C |
| Middle Barton | 1,762 | 8.3 | 4.5 | A+ |
| Kidlington | 14,640 | 22.1 | 8.9 | B− |
| Chesterton | 1,179 | 11.9 | 7.1 | A |
| Yarnton | 3,227 | 22.7 | 6 | B |
| Long Hanborough | 3,034 | 14.1 | 4.4 | A |
Tackley records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Middle Barton, 4.2 miles away, records 8.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Tackley’s 15.5.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Tackley sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Tackley
Is Tackley safe?
Police recorded 15.5 violent and sexual offences and 4.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Tackley’s built-up area). That earns an A− for safety: less crime per resident than 83% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Tackley is 408th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Tackley?
Police recorded 15 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 16 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Tackley?
Violence & sexual offences: 14 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came burglary (5) and other theft (3), with 1 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Tackley compare with Bicester?
Bicester records 30.5 violent and sexual offences and 9.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Tackley’s 15.5 and 4.4, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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