Total Crime Rate

217.7 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 217.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.6 10/10
  • Other theft 23.8 10/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Norwood Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 47th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Norwood Road (RG1 3JB) in the last 12 months was 217.7 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% 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 28 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 Violence and sexual offences ( 211.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 115.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 209.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norwood Road (RG1 3JB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 299 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Norwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Amity Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime De Beauvoir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rupert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rupert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Road
Sep 2025Drugs Sun Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime De Beauvoir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime De Beauvoir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsgate Street
Sep 2025Public order Kingsgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kingsgate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Erleigh Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Erleigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erleigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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