Total Crime Rate
35.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alexandra Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Park , and the 134th lowest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alexandra Road (RG1 5PG) in the last 12 months was 35.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% lower than the Park average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alexandra Road (RG1 5PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 138 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Granby Court (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hatherley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cadugan Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Upper Redlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Granby Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granby Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Granby Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blenheim Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Redlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Avebury Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Donnington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farringdon Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.