Sonning & Woodley North
Middle areaCentral Wokingham. 7,703 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 28% of people in Sonning & Woodley North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Sonning & Woodley North
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sonning & Woodley North at a rate of 35.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 44.6 per 1,000 people across Wokingham.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 93 |
| Shoplifting | 63 |
| Other crime | 39 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 28 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 |
| Vehicle crime | 14 |
| Burglary | 10 |
| Drug offences | 5 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Sonning & Woodley North compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sonning & Woodley North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sonning & Woodley North at a rate of 35.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 44.6 per 1,000 people across Wokingham.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sonning & Woodley North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (93), shoplifting (63) and other crime (39).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Wokingham
These figures are published for the whole of Wokingham, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wokingham and not Sonning & Woodley North alone. See Wokingham
Sonning & Woodley North in brief
The median price paid for a home in Sonning & Woodley North was £490,000 in 2025.
Sonning & Woodley North had 7,670 usual residents at the census.
About 28% of people in Sonning & Woodley North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sonning & Woodley North, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.