Total Crime Rate
96.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingsgate Place area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsgate Place (RG1 3HA) in the last 12 months was 96.4 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 62.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsgate Place (RG1 3HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 231 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norwood Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Granby Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Granby Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lock Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lock Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexander Turner Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Granby Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | De Beauvoir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Turner Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Turner Close | Under investigation |
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