Total Crime Rate
104.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gainsborough 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.
View Crime In Easthampstead & Wildridings| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Haywood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lingwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lingwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lingwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lingwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Comsaye Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lingwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hanworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lingwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Haywood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lingwood | Under investigation |
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