Total Crime Rate
133.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
94.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laburnum Grove area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Cholsey , and the 17th highest crime rate of 452 local areas in South Oxfordshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Laburnum Grove (OX11 8BD) in the last 12 months was 133.1 per 1,000 residents and was 252.0% higher than the Cholsey average (37.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 94.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laburnum Grove (OX11 8BD), the main crime hotspot is near Broadway. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edinburgh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edinburgh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mereland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mereland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lynmouth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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