Wokingham Town — Neighbourhood Policing Team
Local policing team in the Thames Valley Police area: contact routes, current priorities and public events.
Every neighbourhood in Thames Valley has a dedicated Neighbourhood Policing team. Neighbourhood Policing teams can be contacted via 101, the Thames Valley Police non-emergency number. Always call 999 in an emergency. Neighbourhood Policing teams… Are led by senior police officers and include police community support officers (PCSOs), often together with volunteer police officers, volunteers and partners. May serve one or several neighbourhoods. Work with local people and partners to identify, tackle and prevent local, low-level crime, anti-social behaviour, and any ongoing concerns. Provide you with a visible, accessible and accountable police service and aim to make your neighbourhood safer. Have been present in every Thames Valley neighbourhood since 1 April 2008. Focus all of their efforts on their dedicated neighbourhoods, building relationships with local people. Neighbourhood Policing… Needs you to tell us about the issues that concern you in your area. Has transformed policing at a local level, to meet the needs of local communities. Is known as ‘Safer Neighbourhoods’ in Milton Keynes. From the start of 2010, Thames Valley Police extended its neighbourhood consultation by introducing a wider range of publicised opportunities to meet neighbourhood teams. We will provide open monthly meetings to allow the public to influence our priorities. These meetings will be branded as Have Your Say opportunities, and in many cases will be held in conjunction with partners. View Have Your Say summary and flowchart (PDF 40 Kb - opens new window) . Once local priorities have been identified, a broader ‘toolkit’ of problem-solving tactics is being made available to ensure crime and anti-social behaviour is tackled effectively. Across the Thames Valley area, there are many successful Neighbourhood Action Groups which will continue to deliver local problem solving, but the introduction of Have Your Say meetings will allow neighbourhood teams to identify more quickly those specific local priorities that need attention. Thames Valley Police views the introduction of Have Your Say meetings as a positive step in tackling issues that matter most to the public. I welcome your support and engagement in this endeavour. Read more about Have Your Say meetings .
Contact the team
- telephone
- 101
- e-messaging
- https://www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/
In an emergency always call 999. For non-emergencies call 101 or use Thames Valley Police's online reporting.
Recorded crime — June 2026
137 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.
Compared with May 2026 (141): ▼ 4 (3%) lower. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.
- Violence and sexual offences50 · 36%
- Shoplifting23 · 17%
- Vehicle crime18 · 13%
- Anti-social behaviour15 · 11%
- Other theft11 · 8%
- Public order6 · 4%
- Criminal damage and arson4 · 3%
- Burglary3 · 2%
Street-level open data from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), counted within this team’s official boundary. Locations on data.police.uk are approximate — snapped to anonymised map points near where each crime occurred — so figures are a guide, not an exact address-level count. Captured 2026-08-08.
What happened to reported crimes — June 2026
107 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.
- Investigation complete; no suspect identified47 · 44%
- Unable to prosecute suspect37 · 35%
- Awaiting court outcome16 · 15%
- Local resolution5 · 5%
- Action to be taken by another organisation1 · 1%
- Offender given a caution1 · 1%
Recorded outcomes from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). A crime and its outcome can fall in different months, so these do not map one-to-one onto the crime counts above. Captured 2026-08-09.
Current priorities
Shoplifting, including the Organised Crime Groups from out of area and prolific offenders. This was raised by the community in recent surveys.
The NH team still deal with shoplifting robustly. We have charged and remanded a prolific offender for 24 offences which occurred in a 10 day spell. We also charged and remanded another offender for 10 offences across Berkshire and Buckinghamshire as well as charged and remanded another offender for 7 shopliftings who had been targeting the same store. We have also issued Out of Court Disposals to 3 further minor shoplifters as well as worked with our businesses to target harden and identify new offenders in the area. There has been work ongoing around making reporting shopliftings and providing evidence to Police easier for the retailers, which is resulting in more positive outcomes and convictions at court.
Set: 2026-06-26
There are continued issues of Anti-social Behaviour (ASB), mainly youths loitering in the Carnival pool car park and groups entering various businesses in Town and being disruptive/abusive over a TikTok craze. There is also reported ASB through drug taking and Public order at Elms Field and Carnival Pool
Officers have been conducting hotspot patrols. There has been ongoing work in partnership with local schools and the schools officer to educate youths around the impacts of ASB on the community. We have also worked with local businesses to assist deterring and reporting ongoing ASB.
Set: 2026-06-26
Drug use & dealing across the Wokingham Town area, specifically Carnival Pool Car Park, Elms Field, Crown House and the Norreys Estate
We have continued targeting drug users and drug dealers within the Town Centre and dealing at various levels, from local resolutions to arrest and charge to court. We have also provided education and referrals to rehab and counselling which we hope prevents any other criminality.
Set: 2026-06-26
Public events & surgeries
Have Your Say Event at Waitrose, Rectory Road on 15th July
2026-07-15 · Have Your Say Event at Waitrose, Rectory Road on 15th July from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Waitrose, Rectory Road on 15th July from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Co-op, Beechey Place on 20th August
2026-08-20 · Have Your Say Event at Co-op, Beechey Place on 20th August from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon. Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Co-op, Beechey Place on 20th August from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon. Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Aldi, Wellington Road on 22nd August
2026-08-22 · Aldi, Wellington Road, Wokingham
Have Your Say Event at Aldi, Wellington Road on 22nd August from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Co-op, Paley Court, Emmbrook on 30th August
2026-08-30 · Have Your Say Event at Co-op, Paley Court, Emmbrook on 30th August from 10:00 am to 11:00 am Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Co-op, Paley Court, Emmbrook on 30th August from 10:00 am to 11:00 am Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Emmbrook School, Emmbrook Road on 10th September
2026-09-10 · Have Your Say Event at Emmbrook School, Emmbrook Road on 10th September from 14:45 pm to 15:45 pm Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Emmbrook School, Emmbrook Road on 10th September from 14:45 pm to 15:45 pm Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Market Place, Wokingham on 16th September
2026-09-16 · Have Your Say Event at Market Place, Wokingham on 16th September from 12:00 noon to 13:00 pm Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Market Place, Wokingham on 16th September from 12:00 noon to 13:00 pm Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Sainsburys, Ashridge Road on 18th September
2026-09-18 · Have Your Say Event at Sainsburys, Ashridge Road on 18th September from 18:30 pm to 19:30 pm Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Sainsburys, Ashridge Road on 18th September from 18:30 pm to 19:30 pm Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Carnival Pool, Wokingham on 17th October
2026-10-17 · Have Your Say Event at Carnival Pool, Wokingham on 17th October from 16:30 pm to 17:30 pm Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Carnival Pool, Wokingham on 17th October from 16:30 pm to 17:30 pm Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Morrisons, Woosehill on 29th October
2026-10-29 · Have Your Say Event at Morrisons, Woosehill on 29th October from 18:00 pm to 19:00 pm Come meet your local policing team
Have Your Say Event at Morrisons, Woosehill on 29th October from 18:00 pm to 19:00 pm Come meet your local policing team
Event listings reflect the last data refresh — check the official team page before attending.
Team locations
- Loddon Valley Police Station (station)Rushey Way, Lower Earley, Berks, RG6 4PS
Nearby teams in Thames Valley Police
All Thames Valley Police neighbourhood teams →Source: data.police.uk API · Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0 · Fetched 2026-07-13. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with Thames Valley Police.