Total Crime Rate
2242.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Station Hill area has the highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Station Hill (RG1 1NF) in the last 12 months was 2242.2 per 1,000 residents and was 484.7% higher than the Abbey average (383.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 511 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , down -68.8% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 67.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -68.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 744 (≈ 968.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Station Hill (RG1 1NF), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 629 crimes here, including 161 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Friar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sackville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sackville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sackville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchants Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchants Place | — |
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