Crime Statistics for Southcote, Burghfield, Berkshire, 2024

There were a total of 77 street level crime incidents in Southcote 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 Southcote, 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	28
Vehicle Crime	11
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Shoplifting	7
Public Order	6
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Other Crime	4
Burglary	3
Other Theft	3
Drugs	1
All Crime	77

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 Southcote. 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 Southcote

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Reading (2.24 miles)	628
Coley (1.96 miles)	483
Foudry Brook (1.96 miles)	308
Churchend (0.88 miles)	120
Horncastle (0.88 miles)	120
Tilehurst (1.76 miles)	106
Southcote	77
Calcot (1.24 miles)	46
Calcot Row (1.24 miles)	46
Pingewood (1.39 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Southcote?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Reading	229
Coley	148
Foudry Brook	96
Churchend	63
Horncastle	63
Tilehurst	28
Southcote	28
Calcot	14
Calcot Row	14
Pingewood	4

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

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 Southcote 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 Southcote compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Southcote and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Southcote is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Battle	76
2	Norcot	75
3	Southcote	63
4	Whitley	62
5	Tilehurst	59
6	Minster	58
7	Kentwood	48
8	Tilehurst South & Holybrook	40
9	Burghfield & Mortimer	31
10	Shinfield South	26
11	Tilehurst Birch Copse	17

Which road in Southcote has the highest level of crime?

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