Total Crime Rate
163.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lombard Avenue 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 Lombard Avenue (IG3 8ER) 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 Lombard Avenue (IG3 8ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aldborough Road South, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cameron Road (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aldborough Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farley Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | A118 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A118 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A118 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A118 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A118 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A118 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A118 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricklefield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clark'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Betchworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Leeds Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobham Road | — |
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