Crime Statistics for Burghfield Common, Berkshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Burghfield Common in September 2024. There were a total of 50 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Burghfield Common, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	18
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Shoplifting	6
Vehicle Crime	6
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Drugs	2
Other Crime	2
Other Theft	1
Robbery	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	50

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Burghfield Common. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Burghfield Common

We've taken the ten nearest places to Burghfield Common and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Burghfield Common has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Burghfield Common	50
Burghfield Hill (0.62 miles)	37
Burghfield (1.39 miles)	26
Mortimer (1.24 miles)	22
Four Houses Corner (0.88 miles)	20
Grazeley Green (1.39 miles)	11
Ufton Nervet (1.39 miles)	8
Sheffield Bottom (1.96 miles)	7
Padworth Common (2.24 miles)	6
Stratfield Mortimer (1.39 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Burghfield Common?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Burghfield Common and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Burghfield Common	18
Burghfield Hill	15
Mortimer	12
Burghfield	11
Four Houses Corner	7
Sheffield Bottom	5
Grazeley Green	4
Ufton Nervet	4
Padworth Common	1
Stratfield Mortimer	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Burghfield Common?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Burghfield Common to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Burghfield Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Burghfield Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Burghfield Common have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Tilehurst.

#	Ward	Score
1	Tilehurst	59
2	Tadley Central	42
3	Tilehurst South & Holybrook	40
4	Baughurst and Tadley North	35
5	Tadley South	34
6	Burghfield & Mortimer	31
7	Pamber and Silchester	27
8	Shinfield South	26
9	Bradfield	23
10	Tilehurst Birch Copse	17
11	Theale	10

Which road in Burghfield Common has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Burghfield Common with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.