Total Crime Rate

104.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Other crime 8.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gainsborough area has the 24th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Easthampstead & Wildridings , and the 67th highest crime rate of 369 local areas in Bracknell Forest .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gainsborough (RG12 7WL) in the last 12 months was 104.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% lower than the Easthampstead & Wildridings average (114.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 377.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gainsborough (RG12 7WL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lingwood, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gainsborough area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Haywood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lingwood Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lingwood Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lingwood Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lingwood Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Comsaye Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lingwood Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haywood Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hanworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lingwood Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Haywood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lingwood Under investigation

Data Sources

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