Crime Rates at High Street, Reading, RG1 2EA

High Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 488 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 High Street (RG1 2EA) in the last 12 months was 366.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% lower 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 139.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (RG1 2EA), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 747 crimes here, including 170 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.