Total Crime Rate
177.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chaffinch Gardens area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Binfield South & Jennett's Park , and the 27th highest crime rate of 369 local areas in Bracknell Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chaffinch Gardens (RG12 8BW) in the last 12 months was 177.2 per 1,000 residents and was 217.0% higher than the Binfield South & Jennett's Park average (55.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 312.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 91.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chaffinch Gardens (RG12 8BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Falcon Way, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pipit Green (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Binfield South & Jennett's Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tawny Owl Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fulmar Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tawny Owl Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tawny Owl Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tawny Owl Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tawny Owl Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tawny Owl Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tawny Owl Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tawny Owl Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tawny Owl Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tawny Owl Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldfinch Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaffinch Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tawny Owl Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tawny Owl Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodpecker Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dipper Lea | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pipit Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Falcon Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kittiwake Chase | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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