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West Berkshire crime rate and statistics (council area)
Updated October 2026.
Police published 10,733 street-crime records for the West Berkshire council area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 1.8% fewer than in the 12 months before. The rate is 66.5 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 78.4 for Thames Valley Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
These figures cover the whole area West Berkshire council runs. Its boundary can differ from the place people call West Berkshire: it can take in other towns and villages, and part of a town can sit in a neighbouring council area.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
10,733
Latest month (August 2026)
943
Year-on-year
-1.8%
Month-by-month totals
1,0740
929
Sep
912
Oct
891
Nov
782
Dec
785
Jan
752
Feb
899
Mar
840
Apr
1.0k
May
918
Jun
1.1k
Jul
943
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
929
October 2025
912
November 2025
891
December 2025
782
January 2026
785
February 2026
752
March 2026
899
April 2026
840
May 2026
1,008
June 2026
918
July 2026
1,074
August 2026
943
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
West Berkshire council area
66.5
Thames Valley Police
78.4
Residents are the Census 2021 usual residents of every postcode the ONS Postcode Directory places in this council area, added up by CrimeMapsUK from the census postcode counts. Records are assigned through the same postcodes, so both numbers cover the same ground. The total can differ slightly from the council's official population.
10,733 records and 161,476 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of the West Berkshire council area's records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences36.3%
3,893 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour13.2%
1,419 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Shoplifting11.3%
1,215 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Criminal damage and arson8.6%
928 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Public order7.6%
813 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Other theft6.4%
689 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Vehicle crime4.1%
440 records · England and Wales 5.1%
Burglary4.0%
426 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Where records cluster in the West Berkshire council area
A council area follows the council's boundary (ONS local authority district E06000037), which can differ from the place people call West Berkshire.
Published locations are approximate, and each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, using the council codes in the ONS Postcode Directory. Counts near the boundary are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Other sites can show a different figure for West Berkshire. These counts include anti-social behaviour, cover the 12 published months shown, and assign each record by its nearest postcode. The rate divides by Census 2021 residents of the same postcodes, not by a later mid-year population estimate.
Districts with a page and at least 5% of their live postcodes in this council area. A district can cross a council boundary, so its page counts records on both sides.