Total Crime Rate
115.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Muirfield Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Park , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Muirfield Close (RG1 4PQ) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% higher than the Park average (94.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -13.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Muirfield Close (RG1 4PQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 293 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Avon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | De Beauvoir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | De Beauvoir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | De Beauvoir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rupert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rupert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Avon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Avon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Erleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Erleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Erleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Erleigh Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingsgate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingsgate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsgate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sun Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Granby Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Granby Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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