Crime Rate in Spencers Wood & Swallowfield, ward

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield has the 6th lowest crime rate of 18 wards in Wokingham district and the 1456th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 242nd lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Spencers Wood & Swallowfield in the last 12 months was 38.2 per 1,000 residents and was 21.1% lower than the Wokingham district average (48.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Spencers Wood & Swallowfield’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 162 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 201 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Spencers Wood & Swallowfield ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 54 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Sun Lane (12 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.