Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Henry Street area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 125th highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Henry Street (RG1 2NN) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.9% lower than the Abbey average (389.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Henry Street (RG1 2NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 179 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simmonds Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Simmonds Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gun Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parthia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parthia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parthia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parthia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fobney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waterside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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