Crime Rates at Southampton Street, Reading, RG1 2QL

Southampton Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 77th 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 Southampton Street (RG1 2QL) in the last 12 months was 172.4 per 1,000 residents and was 55.8% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 69.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southampton Street (RG1 2QL), 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.