Total Crime Rate

15.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 15.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.5 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.9 1/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Watmore Lane area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Hawkedon , and the 123rd lowest crime rate of 522 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 Watmore Lane (RG41 5JT) in the last 12 months was 15.0 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% lower than the Hawkedon average (51.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 9.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watmore Lane (RG41 5JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clarendon Close, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackberry Gardens (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Watmore Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grovelands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Greenwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedderburn Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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