Crime Statistics for Britwell, Berkshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Britwell, Britwell

There were a total of 272 street level crime incidents in Britwell in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Britwell, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime107
Vehicle Crime24
Shoplifting23
Other Theft23
Anti Social Behaviour21
Criminal Damage Arson18
Public Order18
Drugs10
Burglary8
Bicycle Theft7
Possession Of Weapons4
Other Crime4
Robbery3
Theft From The Person2
All Crime272

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Britwell

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Manor Park (0.88 miles)468
Salt Hill (1.39 miles)417
Britwell272
Farnham Park (0.88 miles)186
Farnham Royal (0.88 miles)186
Stoke Green (1.86 miles)172
Cippenham (1.39 miles)118
Burnham (1.86 miles)110
Stoke Poges (1.96 miles)46
Farnham Common (1.96 miles)18

34.38%
of Britwell and Northborough residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Britwell?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Manor Park202
Salt Hill191
Britwell107
Stoke Green87
Farnham Park79
Farnham Royal79
Cippenham49
Burnham36
Stoke Poges26
Farnham Common7

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

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 Britwell 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 Britwell compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Elliman78
2Central77
3Baylis and Stoke76
4Chalvey74
5Farnham66
6Britwell and Northborough65
7Wexham Lea64
8Burnham Church & Beeches63
9Haymill and Lynch Hill62
10Cippenham Meadows59
11Cippenham Green54

Which road in Britwell has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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