Crime Statistics for Kennet, Newbury, Berkshire, 2024

There were a total of 199 street level crime incidents in Kennet 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 Kennet, 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	78
Shoplifting	22
Public Order	19
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Other Theft	14
Drugs	11
Vehicle Crime	7
Burglary	6
Other Crime	5
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	199

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 Kennet. 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 Kennet

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newbury (0.26 miles)	213
Kennet	199
Shaw (1.1 miles)	188
Speen (0.78 miles)	124
Donnington (0.78 miles)	124
Lambourn (0.97 miles)	84
Greenham (1.46 miles)	50
Bury’s Bank (1.9 miles)	25
Wash Common (2.06 miles)	10
Bagnor (1.64 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Kennet?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newbury	85
Kennet	78
Shaw	75
Speen	47
Donnington	47
Lambourn	36
Greenham	16
Bury’s Bank	8
Wash Common	5
Bagnor	3

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

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 Kennet 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 Kennet compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Newbury Central	44
2	Newbury Greenham	41
3	Newbury Clay Hill	36
4	Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne	34
5	Thatcham North East	27
6	Newbury Speen	23
7	Hungerford & Kintbury	22
8	Chieveley & Cold Ash	20
9	Thatcham Central	20
10	Newbury Wash Common	17
11	Thatcham West	17

Which road in Kennet has the highest level of crime?

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