Newbury Wash Common
WardThe south west of the West Berkshire. About 9,425 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 22% of people in Newbury Wash Common live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Newbury Wash Common compares
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Is Newbury Wash Common safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newbury Wash Common at a rate of 47.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.0 per 1,000 people across West Berkshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newbury Wash Common.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (193), other crime (96) and anti-social behaviour (50).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of West Berkshire
These figures are published for the whole of West Berkshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of West Berkshire and not Newbury Wash Common alone. See West Berkshire
Newbury Wash Common in brief
Newbury Wash Common had 9,318 usual residents at the census.
About 22% of people in Newbury Wash Common live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Newbury Wash Common, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Newbury Wash Common, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.