Total Crime Rate

170.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 170.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.1 9/10
  • Other theft 22.7 10/10
  • Public order 22.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Gale Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Hawkedon , and the 22nd 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 Gale Close (RG41 5SA) in the last 12 months was 170.5 per 1,000 residents and was 234.5% higher 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 113.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 600.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gale Close (RG41 5SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fresian Way, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duffet Drive (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gale Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Glasspool Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glasspool Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Duffet Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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