Total Crime Rate

590.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 590.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 535.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Beechey Place area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Norreys , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 522 local areas in Wokingham .

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 Beechey Place (RG40 1LP) in the last 12 months was 590.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1263.7% higher than the Norreys average (43.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 175 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 118.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beechey Place (RG40 1LP), 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 Beechey Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechey Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour William Heelas Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bremner Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechey Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechey Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beechey Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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