Crime Rates at Hamilton Road, Reading, RG1 5RF

Hamilton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Park , and the 61st 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 Hamilton Road (RG1 5RF) in the last 12 months was 195.4 per 1,000 residents and was 83.0% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -88.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 92.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hamilton Road (RG1 5RF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 503 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.