Total Crime Rate
3.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harebell Drive area has the lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Thatcham Central , and the 6th lowest crime rate of 491 local areas in West Berkshire .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harebell Drive (RG18 4DP) in the last 12 months was 3.9 per 1,000 residents and was 95.1% lower than the Thatcham Central average (78.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Harebell Drive (RG18 4DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mount Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brooks Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brooks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Almond Drive | Local resolution |
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