Total Crime Rate
16.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Forest Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Emmbrook , and the 129th lowest crime rate of 523 local areas in Wokingham .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Forest Road (RG41 1HU) in the last 12 months was 16.1 per 1,000 residents and was 73.8% lower than the Emmbrook average (61.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 4.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Forest Road (RG41 1HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sadler'S Court, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wayside (7 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 | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lenham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadler'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sadler'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sadler'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sadler'S Court | Under investigation |
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