Total Crime Rate

108.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

55.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 55.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wantage Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Newbury Central , and the 66th highest crime rate of 492 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 Wantage Road (RG14 3BE) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 45.5% lower than the Newbury Central average (198.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 638.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Wantage Road area

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Data Sources

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