Total Crime Rate
1555.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Northbrook Street area has the highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Newbury Central , and the highest crime rate of 490 local areas in West Berkshire .
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 Northbrook Street (RG14 1DJ) in the last 12 months was 1555.3 per 1,000 residents and was 675.0% higher than the Newbury Central average (200.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 238 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 108.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 304 (≈ 746.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northbrook Street (RG14 1DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 183 crimes here, including 79 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newbury Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansion House Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | West Mills | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Northbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lynton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansion House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Northbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansion House Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Northbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Northbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Northbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clarendon Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cansfield End | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Northbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Northbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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