Total Crime Rate

86.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Skates Drive area has the 14th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Emmbrook , and the 64th 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 Skates Drive (RG41 1AF) in the last 12 months was 86.4 per 1,000 residents and was 25.9% higher than the Emmbrook average (68.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Skates Drive (RG41 1AF), the main crime hotspot is near Queens Road. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Skates Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Queens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sewell Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skinner Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miles Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Toutley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Toutley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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