Crime Rate in Thames, ward

Thames has the 4th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Reading district and the 1401st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 161st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Thames in the last 12 months was 110.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% lower than the Reading district average (111.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Thames’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 316 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 11 cases , down -8.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -32.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 423 (≈ 45.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Thames ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Richfield Avenue. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.