Wallingford Crime Rate January 2025 | Monthly Statistics

Wallingford’s January 2025 crime profile reveals a clear dominance of violent offences over property crimes, with 13 violent incidents recorded compared to 6 property-related crimes. This 2:1 ratio is a striking feature of the month’s data, even as the overall crime rate of 4.2 per 1,000 remains 40.8% below the UK average of 7.1. The seasonal context of January—a post-holiday period marked by shorter days and reduced retail activity—may partly explain the lower-than-expected property crime rates, which are typically driven by shoplifting and vehicle theft in busier months. However, the surge in violent offences, particularly in the category of violence and sexual offences (13 incidents, 36.1% of total crimes), highlights a persistent challenge in maintaining public safety. This category’s rate of 1.5 per 1,000 is 40% below the UK average, suggesting that while Wallingford is safer than average in this area, the volume of incidents remains significant. Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 25% of crimes, is 12% above the UK average, indicating a localised concentration of disruptive activity. The data also shows that Wallingford’s property crime profile is underrepresented compared to national trends, with burglary, vehicle crime, and criminal damage all below UK averages. This divergence may be linked to the area’s character as a built-up town within South Oxfordshire, where a mix of residential and commercial spaces could influence crime patterns. The lower property crime rates, coupled with a relatively high proportion of violent offences, may reflect a combination of community-specific factors, such as the presence of local amenities or social dynamics, that require further exploration.

January 2025 saw a stark shift in crime dynamics, with property crimes rising sharply despite a 13.3% decrease in violent offences. The most significant increases were in criminal damage and arson (+100%), burglary (+100%), and drug-related incidents (+100%), all of which point to emerging localised challenges. These spikes contrast with a 12% UK average deficit in public order offences and a 61% deficit in criminal damage, suggesting Wallingford’s property crime trends diverge from national patterns. Meanwhile, violent crime remained 40% below the UK average, with a 13.3% drop from December’s 15 incidents. The breakdown reveals that 36.1% of crimes were violence and sexual offences, compared to 25% anti-social behaviour, highlighting a persistent imbalance between property and violent crime. For residents, the 100% increase in drug-related crimes is a concrete data point that may warrant closer monitoring in specific neighbourhoods. This mix of trends underscores a combination of seasonal factors and local dynamics, with the post-holiday period likely contributing to some of the spikes.

Wallingford’s January 2025 crime rate of 4.2 per 1,000 residents marks a 16.1% increase from December’s 3.6 per 1,000, reflecting a slight upward trend in reported incidents. Over the course of the month, one reported crime occurred for roughly every 239 residents, a figure that contextualises the monthly exposure to crime in a way that highlights the area’s relative safety compared to broader trends. Daily crime statistics show an average of one crime per day in Wallingford, a rate that aligns with the area’s low overall crime profile. This daily frequency, while modest, underscores the importance of vigilance in specific pockets of the town, particularly where spikes in certain crime categories occurred. When scaled to the population of 8,606, the monthly exposure rate suggests that most residents experience minimal direct interaction with crime, though the concentration of certain offences may create localised concerns. The comparison to the UK average further reinforces Wallingford’s position as a low-crime area, with the overall rate 40.8% below the national figure. However, the month-on-month rise in specific categories, such as drugs and criminal damage, indicates that while the area remains safer than average, targeted issues require attention.