Crime Rate in Battle, ward

Battle has the 3rd highest crime rate of 16 wards in Reading district and the 1255th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 143rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Battle in the last 12 months was 115.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% higher than the Reading district average (111.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Battle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 586 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 12 cases , down -29.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 34.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 723 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Battle ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.