Total Crime Rate
275.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oak 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.
View Crime In Burghfield & Mortimer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Jordan'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Jordan'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Totterdown | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fir'S End | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fir'S End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fir'S End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir'S End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir'S End | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bracken Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollybush Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollybush Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hollybush Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tanners Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tanners Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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