Total Crime Rate
124.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bath Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Thatcham Central , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 490 local areas in West Berkshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bath Road (RG18 3HB) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 40.9% higher than the Thatcham Central average (88.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bath Road (RG18 3HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sunderland Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Thatcham Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glebelands | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebelands | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunderland Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Browning Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Browning Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shakespeare Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Meadow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Browning Close | β |
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