Total Crime Rate
8.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hatch Lane area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Clewer & Dedworth East , and the 22nd lowest crime rate of 450 local areas in Windsor and Maidenhead .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hatch Lane (SL4 3RL) in the last 12 months was 8.8 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% lower than the Clewer & Dedworth East average (78.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hatch Lane (SL4 3RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ellison Close, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Longbourn (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clewer East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hatch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbourn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbourn | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbourn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimber Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clewer Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clewer Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bailey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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