Total Crime Rate
294.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
176.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dart Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Barkham & Arborfield , and the 7th 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 Dart Close (RG40 4JG) in the last 12 months was 294.1 per 1,000 residents and was 411.2% higher than the Barkham & Arborfield average (57.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 176.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dart Close (RG40 4JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Firs Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Finchampstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drake Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Firs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Firs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Firs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firs Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arnett Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watkins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gorse Ride South | Under investigation |
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