Total Crime Rate
366.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Duke Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 23rd 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 Duke Street (RG1 4SA) in the last 12 months was 366.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 139.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Duke Street (RG1 4SA), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 747 crimes here, including 170 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 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne-Stevens Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bourne-Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne-Stevens Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wiston Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wiston Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossland Road | Under investigation |
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