Crime Statistics for Horncastle, Burghfield, Berkshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Horncastle in October 2024. There were a total of 121 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Horncastle, 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	38
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Shoplifting	14
Other Theft	9
Public Order	7
Vehicle Crime	7
Burglary	7
Drugs	5
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	121

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Horncastle. 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 Horncastle

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Tilehurst (0.88 miles)	230
Churchend	121
Horncastle	121
Calcot (0.88 miles)	117
Theale (1.96 miles)	103
Little Heath (1.39 miles)	88
Southcote (0.88 miles)	80
Calcot Row (0.88 miles)	62
Malpas (2.48 miles)	32
Pingewood (2.24 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Horncastle?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Tilehurst	58
Theale	41
Churchend	38
Horncastle	38
Little Heath	25
Calcot	24
Southcote	24
Malpas	17
Calcot Row	15
Pingewood	5

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

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 Horncastle 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 Horncastle compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Horncastle and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Horncastle is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Battle	76
2	Norcot	75
3	Southcote	63
4	Tilehurst	59
5	Kentwood	48
6	Tilehurst South & Holybrook	40
7	Burghfield & Mortimer	31
8	Shinfield South	26
9	Tilehurst Birch Copse	17
10	Tilehurst & Purley	11
11	Theale	10

Which road in Horncastle has the highest level of crime?

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