Crime Rate in Coley, ward

Coley has the 8th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Reading district and the 2733rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 358th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Coley in the last 12 months was 79.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% lower than the Reading district average (111.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Coley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 345 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 432 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Coley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 74 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.