Total Crime Rate

121.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sandgate Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Battle , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

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 Sandgate Avenue (RG30 6XD) in the last 12 months was 121.1 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% higher than the Battle average (115.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 208.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandgate Avenue (RG30 6XD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thirlmere Avenue, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cranbourne Gardens (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandgate Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cranbourne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thirlmere Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Weald Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ringwood Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Forest Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ringwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cranbourne Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coniston Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coniston Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coniston Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coniston Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coniston Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coniston Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranbourne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coniston Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cranbourne Gardens —

Data Sources

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