Total Crime Rate

157.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 157.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Other theft 37.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.8 9/10
  • Burglary 12.6 9/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

The Links area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Ascot & Sunninghill , and the 35th highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Windsor and Maidenhead .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Links (SL5 7TN) in the last 12 months was 157.7 per 1,000 residents and was 227.4% higher than the Ascot & Sunninghill average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 63.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Links (SL5 7TN), the main crime hotspot is near Race Track. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Links area

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Data Sources

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