Total Crime Rate

128.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Foundry Place area has the 49th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 121st highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Foundry Place (RG1 2HS) in the last 12 months was 128.2 per 1,000 residents and was 66.6% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Foundry Place (RG1 2HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 165 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gun Street (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Foundry Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterside Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime New Bright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime New Bright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gun Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gun Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swan Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Earley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Henry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Giles Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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