Thatcham Central electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.
What stands out here?
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 30.3% here, compared with 37% across West Berkshire (6.7 percentage points lower).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 65 or over: 15.3% here, compared with 19.5% across West Berkshire (4.3 percentage points lower).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 14.4% here, compared with 12.4% across West Berkshire (2 percentage points higher).
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability
2.4%
21 March 2021 · Thatcham Central
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.
Police-recorded locations for Thatcham Central ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
491 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 555 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Thatcham Central ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 51 mapped crimes in September 2024; 39 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Thatcham Central
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
51
7
October 2024
58
16
November 2024
53
2
December 2024
48
6
January 2025
48
2
February 2025
39
4
March 2025
58
8
April 2025
38
10
May 2025
51
12
June 2025
39
6
July 2025
39
8
August 2025
33
6
September 2025
43
5
October 2025
37
9
November 2025
35
5
December 2025
36
5
January 2026
44
3
February 2026
39
5
March 2026
50
4
April 2026
49
4
May 2026
30
6
June 2026
36
8
July 2026
53
11
August 2026
39
10
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Thatcham Central
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
222
shoplifting
107
public order
38
criminal damage arson
31
other theft
24
drugs
22
other crime
11
robbery
10
burglary
10
bicycle theft
8
vehicle crime
6
theft from the person
2
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.
An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
