Total Crime Rate
7.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Penrith Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Brookvale & Kings Furlong , and the 32nd lowest crime rate of 574 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Penrith Road (RG21 8XF) in the last 12 months was 7.1 per 1,000 residents and was 96.9% lower than the Brookvale & Kings Furlong average (233.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary 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 Penrith Road (RG21 8XF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harrison Place, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Padwick Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brookvale & Kings Furlong| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Budd'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cordale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downsland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Budd'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Roundmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rayleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pittard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southend Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Townsend Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blair Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrith Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Budd'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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