Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 73.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.7 4/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Fobney Street area has the 49th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 127th highest 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 Fobney Street (RG1 6BT) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.4% lower than the Abbey average (383.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fobney Street (RG1 6BT), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 685 crimes here, including 166 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fobney Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mary'S Butts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Butts Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Mary'S Butts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mary'S Butts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mary'S Butts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Mary'S Butts Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Butts Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Butts
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Simmonds Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bridge Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simmonds Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Butts Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swan Place

Data Sources

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