Total Crime Rate
44.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wood Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Cholsey , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 456 local areas in South Oxfordshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wood Street (OX10 0AX) in the last 12 months was 44.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% higher than the Cholsey average (41.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wood Street (OX10 0AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cholsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martin'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Martin'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Martin'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martin'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Squire'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Squire'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Squire'S Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Lane | Under investigation |
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