Total Crime Rate

121.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 121.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Burglary 14.3 9/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

South Street area has the 47th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 488 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 South Street (RG1 4FG) in the last 12 months was 121.9 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 39.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Street (RG1 4FG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in South Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Abbey Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duncan Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Silver Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne-Stevens Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Bourne-Stevens Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bourne-Stevens Close
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Duncan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Greys Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Abbey Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duncan Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Giles Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidmouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Abbey Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Star Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Star Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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