Total Crime Rate

74.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 74.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.3 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Amity Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 216th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Amity Road (RG1 3LW) in the last 12 months was 74.3 per 1,000 residents and was 80.6% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 37.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Amity Road (RG1 3LW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Amity Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sun Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime De Beauvoir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime De Beauvoir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cholmeley Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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