Total Crime Rate
163.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vicarage Lane area has the highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Newbury , and the 118th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Redbridge .
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 Vicarage Lane (IG1 4AN) in the last 12 months was 163.1 per 1,000 residents and was 165.7% higher than the Newbury average (61.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 81.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vicarage Lane (IG1 4AN), the main crime hotspot is near Aldborough Road South. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clark'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldborough Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aldborough Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aldborough Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aldborough Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aldborough Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aldborough Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aldborough Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aldborough Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldborough Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldborough Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highbury Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bradford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lombard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lombard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piper Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricklefield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Leeds Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elizabeth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Saunders Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Piper Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colenso Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colenso Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Durban Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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