Total Crime Rate
217.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Norwood 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 3LF) 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 3LF), 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.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Avon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Avon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Erleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Erleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Erleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Erleigh Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingsgate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingsgate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsgate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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