Total Crime Rate
307.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Denmark Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Emmbrook , and the 6th highest crime rate of 523 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 Denmark Street (RG40 2BQ) in the last 12 months was 307.3 per 1,000 residents and was 399.9% higher than the Emmbrook average (61.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 99.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Denmark Street (RG40 2BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Square (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wokingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Denmark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Langborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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