Crime Statistics for Shinfield, Berkshire, 2024

There were a total of 56 street level crime incidents in Shinfield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Shoplifting	17
Violent Crime	15
Vehicle Crime	8
Other Theft	6
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Public Order	3
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	56

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 Shinfield. 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 Shinfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Earley (2.24 miles)	121
Lower Earley (1.75 miles)	73
Shinfield	56
Ryeish Green (0.88 miles)	50
Great Lea Common (1.24 miles)	31
Langley Common (2.24 miles)	26
Arborfield Cross (1.96 miles)	18
Spencers Wood (1.75 miles)	16
Carter’s Hill (1.96 miles)	10
Arborfield (1.39 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near Shinfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Earley	38
Lower Earley	31
Shinfield	15
Langley Common	14
Ryeish Green	13
Great Lea Common	12
Arborfield Cross	8
Spencers Wood	5
Carter’s Hill	3
Arborfield	3

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

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 Shinfield 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 Shinfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shinfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Shinfield is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Whitley	62
2	Katesgrove	61
3	Church	61
4	Minster	58
5	Shinfield North	33
6	Shinfield South	26
7	Arborfield	25
8	Swallowfield	24
9	Hillside	13
10	Maiden Erlegh	8
11	Hawkedon	7

Which road in Shinfield has the highest level of crime?

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