Total Crime Rate

45.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 45.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.5 2/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Samborne Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Norreys , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 522 local areas in Wokingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Samborne Drive (RG40 1GE) in the last 12 months was 45.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% higher than the Norreys average (43.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Samborne Drive (RG40 1GE), the main crime hotspot is near Beechey Place. Police recorded 193 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Samborne Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechey Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bremner Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beechey Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechey Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechey Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour William Heelas Way —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Appleby Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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