Total Crime Rate

275.0 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 275.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 119.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 58.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.3 9/10
  • Other crime 16.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 11.1 5/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Oak Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Burghfield & Mortimer , and the 16th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in West Berkshire .

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 Oak Drive (RG7 3JF) in the last 12 months was 275.0 per 1,000 residents and was 290.5% higher than the Burghfield & Mortimer average (70.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 61.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oak Drive (RG7 3JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tanners Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hollybush Lane (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oak Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Jordan'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jordan'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Totterdown Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fir'S End
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fir'S End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fir'S End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fir'S End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fir'S End Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bracken Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bracken Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybush Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybush Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hollybush Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tanners Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tanners Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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