Crime Statistics for Play Hatch, Oxfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 13 street level crime incidents in Play Hatch 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 Play Hatch, 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
Vehicle Crime	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Burglary	2
All Crime	13

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 Play Hatch. 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 Play Hatch

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Lower Caversham (1.75 miles)	576
Emmer Green (1.24 miles)	87
Littlestead Green (0.62 miles)	56
Dunsden Green (0.88 miles)	20
Charvil (1.86 miles)	17
Play Hatch	13
Shiplake (1.75 miles)	1
Shiplake Row (1.39 miles)	1
New Cross (1.75 miles)	1
Binfield Heath (1.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Play Hatch?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Lower Caversham	203
Emmer Green	37
Littlestead Green	23
Dunsden Green	9
Charvil	5
Play Hatch	5
Shiplake	0
Shiplake Row	0
New Cross	0
Binfield Heath	0

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

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 Play Hatch 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 Play Hatch compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Abbey	80
2	Caversham	54
3	Park	45
4	Redlands	45
5	Sonning Common	29
6	Bulmershe and Whitegates	20
7	Peppard	17
8	Thames	12
9	Coronation	11
10	Sonning	11
11	Charvil	4

Which road in Play Hatch has the highest level of crime?

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