Total Crime Rate

366.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 366.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.1 10/10
  • Public order 52.3 10/10
  • Other theft 40.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.0 10/10
  • Burglary 26.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 20.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.5 10/10
  • Drugs 14.5 9/10
  • Robbery 8.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 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

Kings Road 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 Kings Road (RG1 3AR) 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 Kings Road (RG1 3AR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/74)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duncan Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duncan Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wiston Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Abbey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Abbey Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Burglary Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crane Wharf Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Crane Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Crane Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crane Wharf —
Sep 2025Public order Forbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wiston Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wiston Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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