Total Crime Rate

89.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 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 89.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Buttercup Place area has the 17th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Thatcham Central , and the 113th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in West Berkshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buttercup Place (RG18 4BT) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% higher than the Thatcham Central average (88.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buttercup Place (RG18 4BT), the main crime hotspot is near Mount Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Buttercup Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Violet Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Haywards Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Haywards Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Alders Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meadowsweet Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Harebell Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yarrow Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Alders Under investigation
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Data Sources

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