Total Crime Rate

157.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 157.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.3 8/10
  • Burglary 28.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.3 9/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wood Farm Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Churchill , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 426 local areas in Oxford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wood Farm Road (OX3 8QA) in the last 12 months was 157.0 per 1,000 residents and was 71.6% higher than the Churchill average (91.5 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 Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Farm Road (OX3 8QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pether Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bonar Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wood Farm Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft York Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atkyns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bonar Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bonar Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Masons Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Douglas Downes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pether Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pether Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pether Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pether Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Downes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Joan Lawrence Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Leiden Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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