Crime Statistics for Spencers Wood, Berkshire, 2024

There were a total of 16 street level crime incidents in Spencers Wood in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Spencers Wood, 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	5
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Public Order	3
Other Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	16

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 Spencers Wood. 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 Spencers Wood

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Shinfield (1.75 miles)	56
Ryeish Green (0.88 miles)	50
Great Lea Common (1.24 miles)	31
Langley Common (3.1 miles)	26
Spencers Wood	16
Pingewood (2.24 miles)	8
Arborfield (2.56 miles)	7
Grazeley Green (2.56 miles)	6
Farley Hill (2.77 miles)	2
Grazeley (1.24 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Spencers Wood?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Shinfield	15
Langley Common	14
Ryeish Green	13
Great Lea Common	12
Spencers Wood	5
Pingewood	4
Arborfield	3
Grazeley Green	3
Grazeley	1
Farley Hill	0

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

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 Spencers Wood 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 Spencers Wood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Southcote	63
2	Whitley	62
3	Church	61
4	Minster	58
5	Tilehurst South & Holybrook	40
6	Shinfield North	33
7	Burghfield & Mortimer	31
8	Shinfield South	26
9	Swallowfield	24
10	Hillside	13
11	Maiden Erlegh	8

Which road in Spencers Wood has the highest level of crime?

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