Total Crime Rate
55.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wood Farm Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Churchill , and the 164th lowest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
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 Wood Farm Road (OX3 8PP) in the last 12 months was 55.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% lower than the Churchill average (90.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wood Farm Road (OX3 8PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pether Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peat Moors (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Slade Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkyns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cinnaminta Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calcot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leiden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkyns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pether Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pether Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Steel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Steel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pether Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pether Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Steel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peat Moors | Awaiting court outcome |
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