Total Crime Rate

321.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 321.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 238.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.1 6/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Tamarisk Gardens area has the highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Bulmershe & Coronation , and the 8th 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 Tamarisk Gardens (RG5 3BW) in the last 12 months was 321.8 per 1,000 residents and was 399.0% higher than the Bulmershe & Coronation average (64.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 90.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tamarisk Gardens (RG5 3BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norwich Drive, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wyndham Crescent (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tamarisk Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepherds Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hanwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harding Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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