Crime Rate in Caversham Heights, ward

Caversham Heights has the lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Reading district and the 271st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 9th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Caversham Heights in the last 12 months was 19.3 per 1,000 residents and was 82.6% lower than the Reading district average (111.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Caversham Heights’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 98 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 106 (≈ 9.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Caversham Heights ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Tymawr. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.