Crime Rate in South Lake, ward

South Lake has the 7th lowest crime rate of 18 wards in Wokingham district and the 1902nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 339th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in South Lake in the last 12 months was 42.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% lower than the Wokingham district average (48.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, South Lake’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 186 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 253.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 226 (≈ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the South Lake ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 103 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hearn Road (19 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.