Crime Rate in Sonning Common, ward

Sonning Common has the 5th lowest crime rate of 21 wards in South Oxfordshire district and the 872nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 114th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sonning Common in the last 12 months was 31.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% lower than the South Oxfordshire district average (48.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sonning Common’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 138 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sonning Common ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 17 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Greenwood Close (8 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.