Total Crime Rate
66.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orts Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 240th lowest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Orts Road (RG1 3JN) in the last 12 months was 66.4 per 1,000 residents and was 83.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orts Road (RG1 3JN), the main crime hotspot is near Granby Court. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexander Turner Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Granby Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granby Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Granby Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Amity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amity Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Amity Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Turner Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fatherson Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sun Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lock Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | School Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anglers Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hospital | Under investigation |
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