Total Crime Rate

60.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 60.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Carnarvon Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Park , and the 228th lowest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Carnarvon Road (RG1 5SD) in the last 12 months was 60.2 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% lower 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 Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carnarvon Road (RG1 5SD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 299 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Carnarvon Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Amity Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime De Beauvoir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime De Beauvoir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cholmeley Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cholmeley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cholmeley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Road —
Sep 2025Public order Granby Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Farringdon Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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