Crime Rates at Brooks Road, Thatcham, RG18 4QX

Brooks Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Thatcham Central , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 490 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 Brooks Road (RG18 4QX) in the last 12 months was 97.9 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brooks Road (RG18 4QX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.