Total Crime Rate
143.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coventry Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 99th 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 Coventry Road (RG1 3ND) in the last 12 months was 143.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.5% lower than the Abbey average (383.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -93.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coventry Road (RG1 3ND), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 231 crimes here, including 18 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 | Burglary | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Filey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Filey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Manchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manchester Road | 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Liverpool Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Riversdale Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riversdale Court | 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 | Other theft | Radstock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Radstock Road | 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 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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