Total Crime Rate
278.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Upper Broadmoor Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Owlsmoor & College Town , and the 13th highest crime rate of 369 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 Upper Broadmoor Road (RG45 7BY) in the last 12 months was 278.7 per 1,000 residents and was 486.0% higher than the Owlsmoor & College Town average (47.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 343.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Broadmoor Road (RG45 7BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Owlsmoor & College Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookers Corner | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulberry Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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