Total Crime Rate

707.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

227.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 707.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 227.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 195.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 137.9 10/10
  • Public order 75.8 10/10
  • Other theft 68.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 33.3 10/10
  • Burglary 31.8 10/10
  • Drugs 25.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.7 10/10
  • Robbery 13.6 9/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cross Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 8th highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cross Street (RG1 1ST) in the last 12 months was 707.6 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% higher than the Abbey average (389.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 129 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 6 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 76.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -31.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 150 (≈ 227.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cross Street (RG1 1ST), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 706 crimes here, including 201 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cross Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/225)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garrard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Garrard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Butts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Butts Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Yield Hall Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Mary'S Butts Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Earley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Mary'S Butts Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St Mary'S Butts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft St Mary'S Butts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Earley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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