Total Crime Rate
83.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mount Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Thatcham Central , and the 113th highest 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 Mount Road (RG18 4LD) in the last 12 months was 83.1 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher than the Thatcham Central average (78.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mount Road (RG18 4LD), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | 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 | Park Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Hollands | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brooks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Turnfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Road | — |
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