Total Crime Rate
216.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Basingstoke Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Barkham & Arborfield , and the 14th highest crime rate of 523 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 Basingstoke Road (RG7 1AF) in the last 12 months was 216.0 per 1,000 residents and was 275.3% higher than the Barkham & Arborfield average (57.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 65.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Basingstoke Road (RG7 1AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel Lane, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kiln Lane (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spencers Wood & Swallowfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chapel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Lane | — |
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