Crime Rate in Caversham, ward

Caversham has the 5th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Reading district and the 3210th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 449th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Caversham in the last 12 months was 72.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% lower than the Reading district average (111.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Caversham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 241 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 313 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Caversham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 187 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Mead Close (22 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.