Total Crime Rate
170.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brook Green area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Priestwood & Garth , and the 31st highest crime rate of 367 local areas in Bracknell Forest .
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 Brook Green (RG42 1UJ) in the last 12 months was 170.4 per 1,000 residents and was 103.5% higher than the Priestwood & Garth average (83.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -61.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 83.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brook Green (RG42 1UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windlebrook Green, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadow Way (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windlebrook Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spencer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Englemere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Appletree Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windmill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Milbanke Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Milbanke Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Milbanke Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milbanke Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spencer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windlesham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wokingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windlesham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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