Total Crime Rate

38.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 38.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birchwood Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Newbury Clay Hill , and the 226th lowest crime rate of 490 local areas in West Berkshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birchwood Road (RG14 2QE) in the last 12 months was 38.0 per 1,000 residents and was 45.0% lower than the Newbury Clay Hill average (69.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchwood Road (RG14 2QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ascott Way, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hopwood Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birchwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gaywood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gaywood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Claremont Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dorneywood Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ascott Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ascott Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ascott Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cresswell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fir Tree Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fir Tree Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fir Tree Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fir Tree Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avonway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ascott Way —
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Data Sources

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