Total Crime Rate
33.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glebelands Avenue area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 16 local areas in Newbury , and the 165th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Redbridge .
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 Glebelands Avenue (IG2 7DJ) in the last 12 months was 33.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glebelands Avenue (IG2 7DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newbury Park (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastern Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bush Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monarch Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Monarch Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastern Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whites Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newbury Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newbury Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newbury Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Newbury Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Newbury Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbury Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Royal Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lyndhurst Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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