Crime Rates at East Street, Reading, RG1 4FF

East Street area has the 40th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 96th highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around East Street (RG1 4FF) in the last 12 months was 148.8 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Street (RG1 4FF), the main crime hotspot is near High Street. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.