Total Crime Rate

48.3 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 48.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.4 4/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Cholmeley Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 188th lowest crime rate of 488 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 Cholmeley Road (RG1 3NB) in the last 12 months was 48.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cholmeley Road (RG1 3NB), 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 Cholmeley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Radstock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Freshwater Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cholmeley Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cholmeley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Amity Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Amity Street 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 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Radstock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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