Crime Statistics for Theale, Berkshire, 2024

There were a total of 67 street level crime incidents in Theale 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	24
Violent Crime	16
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Public Order	3
Other Theft	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Burglary	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Other Crime	1
Theft From The Person	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	67

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 Theale. 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 Theale

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Churchend (1.96 miles)	120
Horncastle (1.96 miles)	120
Tilehurst (1.75 miles)	106
Theale	67
Little Heath (1.39 miles)	48
Calcot (1.24 miles)	46
Calcot Row (1.24 miles)	46
Malpas (0.88 miles)	45
Parker’s Corner (1.24 miles)	3
Sheffield Bottom (1.24 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Theale?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Churchend	63
Horncastle	63
Tilehurst	28
Theale	16
Little Heath	16
Calcot	14
Calcot Row	14
Malpas	13
Parker’s Corner	2
Sheffield Bottom	1

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

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 Theale 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 Theale compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Norcot	75
2	Southcote	63
3	Tilehurst	59
4	Kentwood	48
5	Tilehurst South & Holybrook	40
6	Burghfield & Mortimer	31
7	Bradfield	23
8	Tilehurst Birch Copse	17
9	Pangbourne	15
10	Tilehurst & Purley	11
11	Theale	10

Which road in Theale has the highest level of crime?

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