Total Crime Rate

75.6 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 75.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Great Lea area has the 14th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Barkham & Arborfield , and the 87th highest crime rate of 522 local areas in Wokingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great Lea (RG7 1NU) in the last 12 months was 75.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% higher than the Barkham & Arborfield average (57.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Lea (RG7 1NU), the main crime hotspot is near Mereoak Lane. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Barkham & Arborfield

Crime Over Time in Great Lea area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Great Lea Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mereoak Lane Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 2 of 2

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑