Crime Rate in Hillside, ward

Hillside has the 9th highest crime rate of 18 wards in Wokingham district and the 2230th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 415th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hillside in the last 12 months was 46.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% lower than the Wokingham district average (48.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hillside’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 164 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 Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 208 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hillside ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Fakenham Close, with 66 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (15 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.