Total Crime Rate
65.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wood Farm Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Churchill , and the 207th lowest crime rate of 427 local areas in Oxford .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wood Farm Road (OX3 8PR) in the last 12 months was 65.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 38.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wood Farm Road (OX3 8PR), the main crime hotspot is near Pether Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oxford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkyns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leiden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Steel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkyns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Godfrey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Steel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godfrey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calcot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pether Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pether Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pether Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pether Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Slade Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Steel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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