Crime Statistics for Burghfield Hill, Burghfield Common, Berkshire, 2024

There were a total of 31 street level crime incidents in Burghfield Hill in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Burghfield Hill, 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	11
Shoplifting	8
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Crime	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	31

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 Burghfield Hill. 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 Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burghfield Common (0.62 miles)	52
Burghfield Hill	31
Burghfield (0.88 miles)	26
Mortimer (1.86 miles)	23
Four Houses Corner (1.39 miles)	21
Stratfield Mortimer (1.96 miles)	15
Grazeley Green (1.24 miles)	6
Ufton Nervet (1.24 miles)	4
Ufton Green (1.96 miles)	2
Sheffield Bottom (1.39 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Burghfield Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Burghfield Common	17
Burghfield Hill	11
Burghfield	9
Mortimer	7
Stratfield Mortimer	7
Four Houses Corner	4
Grazeley Green	3
Ufton Nervet	1
Ufton Green	1
Sheffield Bottom	1

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

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 Hill 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 Hill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Southcote	63
2	Whitley	62
3	Tilehurst	59
4	Tadley Central	42
5	Tilehurst South & Holybrook	40
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 Hill has the highest level of crime?

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