Total Crime Rate

135.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 135.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.3 10/10
  • Other crime 15.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Bulmershe Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Park , and the 109th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bulmershe Road (RG1 5RL) in the last 12 months was 135.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.0% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 90.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bulmershe Road (RG1 5RL), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bulmershe Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hamilton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waybrook Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waybrook Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Culver Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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