Total Crime Rate

80.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Pond Head Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates , and the 79th highest crime rate of 522 local areas in Wokingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pond Head Lane (RG6 7ET) in the last 12 months was 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 59.9% higher than the Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates average (50.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pond Head Lane (RG6 7ET), the main crime hotspot is near Heather Hill Close. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pond Head Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutcliffe Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bibury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Hill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Linden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goddard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goddard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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