Total Crime Rate
41.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Cholsey , and the 187th highest crime rate of 452 local areas in South Oxfordshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (OX11 8DG) in the last 12 months was 41.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (OX11 8DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broadway (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mereland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mereland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edinburgh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edinburgh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hitchcock Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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